The dunes are always rhythmical and flowing in their forms; and for color the desert has nothing that surpasses them.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances (1901); Exact wording and attribution checked. Aesthetic reflections on desert nature. Personification and statements of natural purpose or perfection express the author’s philosophy, not literal scientific conclusions.
- The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances (1901)
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