. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . tale of joy or sorrow, love or death, casts itswitchery over the picture; these silent mountain peaksand deep, impenetrable canyons are associated with noheroic action, no sublime despair. The Canyon stands outbefore you in its simple majesty; its wonderful beauty,vast dimensions, and untold ancientness appealing only toyour aesthetic sense. All the colors of the rainbow combineto make a panoramic picture, fift\ miles long, of vastforms, in which all known styles of human architectureare blended in profuse and
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . tale of joy or sorrow, love or death, casts itswitchery over the picture; these silent mountain peaksand deep, impenetrable canyons are associated with noheroic action, no sublime despair. The Canyon stands outbefore you in its simple majesty; its wonderful beauty,vast dimensions, and untold ancientness appealing only toyour aesthetic sense. All the colors of the rainbow combineto make a panoramic picture, fift\ miles long, of vastforms, in which all known styles of human architectureare blended in profuse and chaotic magnificence, — Ionic,Corinthian, and Doric pillars, a wilderness of pyramids,towers, and temples, pinnacles, spires, domes, and Egyp-tian obelisks — a chaos of rock in all conceivable shapes. Its chaotic immensity utterly bewilders the seiises,and fills the soul to overflowing with awe and admirationfor the marvellous achievements of the God of nature. Itsmatchless sublimity, divine grandeur, infinite beauty, arefar beyond the comprehension of the finite mind. Mans. o THE GRAND CANYON 8i capacities are too limited to fully grasp and appreciatewhat is here unveiled. The man of letters is appalled ashe gazes down into its depths. The artist relapses intodespair as he views the numberless cliffs, pinnacles, spires,domes, obelisks, pagodas, and measureless amphitheatres,with all their wealth of coloring, the secret of whose blend-
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