Every Crystal, Every Flower...

"The radiance in some places is so great as to be fairly dazzling, keen lance rays of every color flashing, sparkling in glorious abundance, joining the plants in their fine, brave beauty-work---every crystal, every flower a window opening into heaven, a mirror reflecting the Creator."

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John Muir (1838-1914). 26 July 1869, "My First Summer in the Sierra, 6 ("Mount Hoffman and Lake Tenaya"), 1911