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There's a river starting on line two "sentences." through the period in "habit." and down through the space to the right of "set" 'anymore." and "practice."

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Considering that the placement of the words in the two examples is exactly the same, the "river" is present in both.

Nope. Visually it's not there in the first instance.

It absolutely is. If you want to argue it's not as large, that's fine, but it is definitely present.

http://imgur.com/DzrFAZU

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