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In central Colorado the Continental Divide is a wilderness of desolate peaks that rise far above the timber line into regions of rime and naked…

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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…
The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the…
You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be…
The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.
Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary.…
The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of…
Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in…
The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.
Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation…
The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by the mountains,…
I have heard the venerable and impassioned orator on the camp meeting stand rehearse the story of the crucifixion, and seen the…
We are now ready to start on our way down the Great Unknown. Our boats...are chafing each other, as they are tossed…

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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills. — William Arthur Ward
As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the foothills. When… — John O'Donohue
I'm here in the mountains, in the foothills of the Catskills. — Rick Danko
In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and… — Rene Daumal
No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person… — Walton Goggins
For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going… — James Rollins
In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in… — Tom Hanks
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist. — E. W. Howe
Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys,… — Radhanath Swami
It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain… — Raymond Chandler
I sit watching the brown oceanic waves of dry country rising into the foothills and I weep monotonously, seasickly. Life is not… — Alice Munro

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