ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE 



ful lake at svinset, could help yearning for 

 an equal peace in his own heart or believ- 

 ing that his soul was truly capable o£ it? 

 Or who can listen closely to the cheerful 

 songful music of the mountain brook — ^the 

 brook which "goes on forever" — ^without 

 longing for the hours when his own human 

 life might run a similarly care-free course? 

 In fact, this is the great glory of the phys- 

 ical world, that it is interpretable into the 

 noblest passions and aspirations of the 

 human heart. 



Every nature lover has his specialty. 

 One man's muse rides on "The Seven Seas," 

 another man fishes quietly along "Little 

 Rivers"; another finds his pastime hunting 

 big game in the Rockies. Stevenson's love 

 for the tropical ocean was almost pathetic. 



The mountains have always drawn 

 men. Even the savages resorted to them. 

 Now in the days of a superheated civiliza- 

 tion men and women go back to the moun- 

 tains with a peculiar confidence. The 

 mountains of Colorado annually call to- 

 gether thousands of tourists; but better 

 than the tourists are the thousands of old 

 friends recalled as to a parental home by 

 the mountains of Manitou or Middle Park. 



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