. The book of months . •vK-L JANUARY pinnacles of the Eiger and the ridge to ridge the eye followed, lost in anamazement of the wonder of the earth and thegreatness of its design. Austere and silent rosethe virgin snows, and more silent—growing fromwords to exclamation, and from exclamation tosilence itself—ones wonder. There, out of thevoid and formless pulp which was once the world,they were set, barren, fruitless, useless, and thatis the wonder of them and their glory. Cen-turies have been as but seconds in the life of anidle man in the forming of them; for centuriesthat hav
. The book of months . •vK-L JANUARY pinnacles of the Eiger and the ridge to ridge the eye followed, lost in anamazement of the wonder of the earth and thegreatness of its design. Austere and silent rosethe virgin snows, and more silent—growing fromwords to exclamation, and from exclamation tosilence itself—ones wonder. There, out of thevoid and formless pulp which was once the world,they were set, barren, fruitless, useless, and thatis the wonder of them and their glory. Cen-turies have been as but seconds in the life of anidle man in the forming of them; for centuriesthat have been to them but the winking of aneye they have raised their immemorial crests,and the centuries shall be as the sea sands be-fore they crumble. O ye mountains and hills,praise ye the Lord! Every day you praiseHim. Now this Book of Months is almost certainlyworth nothing, anyhow, and I take tliis oppor-tunity to inform critics so, in case (as is not9 ■^1 ■^.
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