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S.H.D. Commonplace Book (16:35:1), Martha Dickinson Bianchi Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University Libraries |
Aug. 20 [Munchen?] Down-pour - must wait for Pontresina - court- yard full of storm clad picturesque folk and carriages coming & going - M & Capt. B. content - E. desperate for an inten- sity of some sort - Dinner last night on porch - no light but full moon and Saturn-Moon slowly rose and silvered the gigantic outlines of the Alps - "On her part what transaction, on their part what repose"! tho't yesterday from Thusis unspeakable - glorious day - and the Alps overwhelming in beauty & grandeur - Excitement intense, every moment whither "I forg[?], or fail" they stand for God & Eternity - outposts of immortality - Zurich Sat. last from Paris - The morning - a revelation of scrolling clouds & |
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 Transcription and commentary copyright 1998 by Martha Nell Smith, Laura Elyn Lauth, and Lara Vetter, all rights reserved Maintained by Rebecca Mooney <rnmooney@umd.edu> Last updated on January 25, 2008 |
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