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THE MASS OF THE MOUN- 

 TAINS 



IN any serious study of the mountains, 

 the feature first to be noted is their 

 mass. This word "mass," though, has 

 mere availability, it is not adequate. I 

 looked through an entire book, Professor 

 TyndalTs Glaciers of the Alps, in search 

 for an adequate and suitable word, but I 

 found none. It is allowable, therefore, 

 to charge the word "mass" with a larger 

 meaning. 



By the mass of the mountains I mean, 

 not their bare bulk, but their powerful 

 bulk. An approach to the full meaning 

 is inherent, I think, in the colloquialism: 

 "It is a mighty big thing." The moun- 

 tain-mass is both big and mighty. 

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