Every rock, mountain, stream, plant, lake, lawn, forest, garden, bird, beast, insect seems to call and invite us to come and learn something of its history and relationship.
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- My First Summer in the Sierra, chapter X, The Tuolumne Camp (1917 Sierra edition), pp. 240–241; Complete public-domain sentence. Read surrounding account of glacial landscapes and wish to remain in the mountains to learn through winter observations. Source cache removes only Gutenberg pagination mar
- My First Summer in the Sierra, chapter X, The Tuolumne Camp (1917 Sierra edition), pp. 240–241
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