When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and …

John Muir
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When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. ✨ Travels in Alaska, ch.1,'The Puget Sound and British Columbia' (published1915).
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