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title: "2 Conjecture Quotes By John Wesley Powell"
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> [We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/we-have-an-unknown-distance-yet-to-run-an-unknown-river-to-explore/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

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> [We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/we-have-an-unknown-distance-yet-to-run-an-unknown-river-to-explore-2/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

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## More by John Wesley Powell

> [Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/years-of-drought-and-famine-come-and-years-of-flood-and-famine-come/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in denoting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/indian-nouns-are-extremely-connotive-that-is-the-name-does-more-than/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/the-wonders-of-the-grand-canyon-cannot-be-adequately-represented-in/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/we-have-an-unknown-distance-yet-to-run-an-unknown-river-to-explore/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [We are now ready to start on our way down the Great Unknown. Our boats...are chafing each other, as they are tossed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/we-are-now-ready-to-start-on-our-way-down-the-great-unknown-our-boats/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [The landscape everywhere, away from the river, is of rock - cliffs of rock; plateaus of rock; terraces of rock; crags of rock -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/the-landscape-everywhere-away-from-the-river-is-of-rock-cliffs-of/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/the-verb-is-relatively-of-much-greater-importance-in-an-indian-tongue/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary. The problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/possible-ideas-and-thoughts-are-vast-in-number-a-distinct-word-for/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/we-have-an-unknown-distance-yet-to-run-an-unknown-river-to-explore-2/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [I am not sure that we can climb out of the canyon here, and, when at the top of the wall, I know enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/i-am-not-sure-that-we-can-climb-out-of-the-canyon-here-and-when-at/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/the-elements-that-unite-to-make-the-grand-canyon-the-most-sublime/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of the parts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/the-integers-of-language-are-sentences-and-their-organs-are-the-parts/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [The landscape everywhere, away from the river, is of rock, cliffs of rock, tables of rock, plateaus of rock, terraces of rock, crags of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/the-landscape-everywhere-away-from-the-river-is-of-rock-cliffs-of-2/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [In central Colorado the Continental Divide is a wilderness of desolate peaks that rise far above the timber line into regions of rime and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/in-central-colorado-the-continental-divide-is-a-wilderness-of/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

> [I have heard the venerable and impassioned orator on the camp meeting stand rehearse the story of the crucifixion, and seen the thousands there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley-powell/i-have-heard-the-venerable-and-impassioned-orator-on-the-camp-meeting/)

[John Wesley Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley-powell/)

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