Memory pictures of Puget Sound Region . Mount Rainier! That old Giant! How over-powered one is Ap its bigness and nearness, as the mistsof a morning clear away and its glistning, snowy formrises majestically before you—standing there so Sphynx-lil^e in its immovability, so grand, so bold, so defiant;towering above all the lesser hills around it! Youcannot but feel an unspeakable awe as you gaze uponthose endless white fields of unmeasured snow and iceand into those shadowy crevassess which break UPsharp, straight slopes thousands of feet in length—deep,dark and deceitful; you can never forget
Memory pictures of Puget Sound Region . Mount Rainier! That old Giant! How over-powered one is Ap its bigness and nearness, as the mistsof a morning clear away and its glistning, snowy formrises majestically before you—standing there so Sphynx-lil^e in its immovability, so grand, so bold, so defiant;towering above all the lesser hills around it! Youcannot but feel an unspeakable awe as you gaze uponthose endless white fields of unmeasured snow and iceand into those shadowy crevassess which break UPsharp, straight slopes thousands of feet in length—deep,dark and deceitful; you can never forget its marvelousbeauty; you are fascinated as by some strange, unseenpower; and something there is about the old mountain,in its majesty and strength, that calms and touches intoquiet the impatience of the heart, and soothes into peacethe hot passions of the soul; that makes one feel howuseless it is to beat against the Walls — how Vain thatWe should cry out for our hearts desire — our own wil-ful Way ! Little infinitessimal atomsmemorypicturesof00higg
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