"The glories and the beauties of form, color,……" — John Wesley Powell
"The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain."
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John Wesley Powell
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16 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;…
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The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources…
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You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain…
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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…
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The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the…
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Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs…
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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…
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I have heard the venerable and impassioned orator on the camp meeting stand rehearse the story of the crucifixion, and…
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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…
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I am not sure that we can climb out of the canyon here, and, when at the top of the…
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
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One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in…
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
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One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.
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Lovers can do their amorous rites by their own beauties
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Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind…
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Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay.
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In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections,…
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To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and…
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This is the whole secret of non-attachment: live in the world, but don't be of the world. Love people, but…
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