"[Indeed, we feel] as if a new dawn shone on us; our heart
overflows with gratitude, amazement, premonitions, expectation.
At long last the horizon appears free to us again, even if it
should not be bright; at long last our ships may venture out
again, venture out to face any danger; . . . the sea, *our* sea,
lies open again; perhaps there has never yet been such an 'open
sea'" (Gay Science 343).