CHAPTER VI 



MOUNTAINS 



THE Alps are to many of us an inexhaustible 

 source of joy and peace, of health, and even of 

 life. We have gone to them jaded and worn, 

 feeling, perhaps without any external cause, 

 anxious and out of spirits, and have returned 

 full of health, strength, and energy. Among 

 the mountains Nature herself seems freer and 

 happier, brighter and purer, than elsewhere. 

 The rush of the rivers, and the repose of the 

 lakes, the pure snowfields and majestic glaciers, 

 the fresh air, the mysterious summits of the 

 mountains, the blue haze of the distance, the 

 morning tints and the evening glow, the beauty 

 of the sky and the grandeur of the storm, have 

 all refreshed and delighted us time after time, 

 and their memories can never fade away. 



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