SOME strange sort of enchantment hangs about the high places of the earth: poets have not yet grown tired of celebrating their glories; travellers never cease to speak of their wonders; artists flock to them as sources of inspiration; the mightiest of modern conquerors built what he designed to be the monumental perpetuation of his renown upon their tops; the first great lawgiver brought down his sacred tablets from their clouds; even science has been glad to linger centuries around their feet in deep speculation concerning the No. 81. 1 |