. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation . he lights come out on theopposite shore, a tiny thread of gems. Plucking a leaf andholding its stem at arms length would blot from the eye a pointwhere exists a greater human activity than anywhere else uponour planet today; Yet what a mere moment has been the ex-istence of this new world metropolis when compared with thesetime-scarred rocks. For countless ages storms have spent theirfury cutting and grinding hieroglyphics there. But even aswe contemplate their age o
. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation . he lights come out on theopposite shore, a tiny thread of gems. Plucking a leaf andholding its stem at arms length would blot from the eye a pointwhere exists a greater human activity than anywhere else uponour planet today; Yet what a mere moment has been the ex-istence of this new world metropolis when compared with thesetime-scarred rocks. For countless ages storms have spent theirfury cutting and grinding hieroglyphics there. But even aswe contemplate their age our minds are drawn beyond theirblackened rim to where bygone abysmal fires, on another night,dimly oerflecked a duskier sky. Beyond that mask of smokyfilament what suns unknown to us are lost! We look again at the ledge and wonder that we should everhave thought it great or old. Others perhaps will come and willgaze upon these self-same rocks and stars, and though like our-selves they should never have an answer for humanity, may notthe questioners have contributed richly, by the widening of theirown sense, to the Mystery?. Altitude and Location Map of the Palisades Region from Bergen Point to Piermont
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