THE MOUNTAIN TRAIL 



of brotherhood which, in the spirit 

 of Walt Whitman, silently at least, 

 salutes every man we meet! How 

 fine to keep on judging people, not 

 by their clothes or their wealth 

 or social standing, but by charac- 

 ter! How fine if we could awaken 

 in the great roaring city, with its 

 saloons, its brothels, its gambling 

 dens, that mountain responsibility 

 for seeking and finding those who 

 go astray! 



4. There is a fourth lesson of 

 the trail. It is one which John 

 Muir taught me. There are al- 

 ways some people in the moun- 

 tains who are known as "hikers." 

 They rush over the trail at high 

 speed and take great delight in 

 being the first to reach camp and 

 in covering the greatest number 

 of miles in the least possible time. 

 They measure the trail in terms 

 of speed and distance. 

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