<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMerkin pia anashangaa uwezo wa karibu wa karne ya 19 wa Goodman wa kuunda hisia ya uhusiano, ya kuwepo moja kukabiliana na ijayo.  <response>: Merkin also marvels at Goodmans almost 19 th -century ability to create a sense of linkage, of one existence impinging on the next. 