. The Catskills . Photograph by J. Allison Haines Falls NATTY BUMPPOS VIEW 7S of centuries before, anyone even thought of Ari-zona Territory. Only yesterday did flannel shirtscease to be full dress in a land that could not beshocked. And the parallel holds between the two GrandCanons: for, since that first view, I shall alwaysthink of the great broad valley lying between theBerkshire ramparts and the Catskill cliff as theGrand Canon of the East. It fits the East soexactly. Instead of the Colorado gulf of splin-tered slopes, the abyss of painted splendors, youhave a serene picture complete
. The Catskills . Photograph by J. Allison Haines Falls NATTY BUMPPOS VIEW 7S of centuries before, anyone even thought of Ari-zona Territory. Only yesterday did flannel shirtscease to be full dress in a land that could not beshocked. And the parallel holds between the two GrandCanons: for, since that first view, I shall alwaysthink of the great broad valley lying between theBerkshire ramparts and the Catskill cliff as theGrand Canon of the East. It fits the East soexactly. Instead of the Colorado gulf of splin-tered slopes, the abyss of painted splendors, youhave a serene picture complete in three lines, sub-dued in tones of green and blue. The Coloradocanon exalts with its divine rhapsody; the Hud-son Valley breathes celestial repose. Out West isviolence of desire; here there is quiet of attain-ment. As we stood gazing over the river of civilization,with its valley green with farms and. touched hereand there with spires, I seemed to feel the presenceof the unseen city at the end of the river, as w
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