"Most agreeable are the memories of events and……" — James Dwight Dana

Most agreeable are the memories of events and labours, connected with the… - James Dwight Dana

"Most agreeable are the memories of events and labours, connected with the cruise:- of companions in travel, ... of coral islands with their groves, and beautiful life, above and below the waters, ... of lofty precipices, richly draped, even the sternest fronts made to smile and be glad, as delights the gay tropics, and alive with waterfalls, gliding, leaping, or plunging, on their way down from the giddy heights, and, as they go, playing out and in amid the foliage..."

— James Dwight Dana

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