I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view.
Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.
Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
The plane approaches Cape Town and, as always, I am astonished by the view of Table Mountain and the surrounding sea. It is so overwhelmingly beautiful that I feel the urge to belong - not necessarily to the people, but to the landscape.
On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.
On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.