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3 great canons diacritic , dashing waters, mighty peaks, exquisite lakes surprising us by their beauty as well as by their
existence. No pictures on canvas possess, for me, this magic power. I live the days over and over, with all the pleasant
personal memories included for we have been blessed in our camping companions. How they have opened our eyes to read in the
books they have also opened to us Some have passed beyond; and are 2 among the stars Do you remember that night near
Lassen when we slept under the pines? , and stars, with saddles as pillows and the heavens for tent? And how you upbraided
us for sleeping at all, under such glorious trees, and stars How immense and brilliant the stars seemed When these pictures
rise before me they bring with them sweet odors of pines, with their wild music, or solemn stillness, and the exhilerating
emotions elicited by the