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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…
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The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the…
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You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be…
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The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.
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Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary.…
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The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of…
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Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in…
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The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.
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Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation…
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The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by the mountains,…
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I have heard the venerable and impassioned orator on the camp meeting stand rehearse the story of the crucifixion, and seen the…
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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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Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.
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I have always been interested in the paranormal and afterlife, everything from ghosts to angels. I think that everyone has that curiosity…
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Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!
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A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer…
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The last great unknown, in terms of physiological training, is the optimum length of a piece. Is three minutes enough? Is ten…
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Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all…
— Bob Riley
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The dictionary describes a selfish person as one who is 'concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking pleasure or well-being without regard…
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When you do a television show in the States, you get the pilot, and then it's the great unknown. That's the way…
— Jeremy Piven
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Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? ... The…
— Yann Martel
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You call me out upon the waters The great unknown, where feet may fail And there I find You in the mystery…
— Unknown Author
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There are two great unknown forces today, electricity and woman, but men can reckon much better on electricity than they can on…
— Unknown Author
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We are now ready to start on our way down the Great Unknown. Our boats...are chafing each other, as they are tossed…
— John Wesley Powell
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