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 1  II,  1|  and that this explains its saltness: for all sweat is salt.
 2  II,  1|   salt. Others say that the saltness is due to the earth. Just
 3  II,  1|   salt, so the sea owes its saltness to the admixture of earth
 4  II,  3|  deserves.~To return to the saltness of the sea: those who create
 5  II,  3|      cannot account for its saltness. It makes no difference
 6  II,  3| through ashes. Actually the saltness seems to be due to the same
 7  II,  3| attempts to account for the saltness of the sea seem unsuccessful
 8  II,  3|  salt, but some part of its saltness is always being drawn up
 9  II,  3|  than the sweet, and so the saltness of the sea remains constant
10  II,  3| more evidence to prove that saltness is due to the admixture