Land of Living Color

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. For more than fifty years the gigantic cliffs, the splendid waterfalls and perfumed meadows of the Yosemite Valley have been known to all the world; thousands of Europeans have traveled half around the world to see El Capitan, to watch the green flood leap over the brink of Yosemite Point. Yet in the last decade only a quarter million people, less than one-fourth of one per cent of the country's population, have steeped their souls in Yosemite's peace. The Grand Canyon of Arizona is one of the seven wonders of the world; Europe and Australia know its dimensions, the incredible play of vivid colors on its perpendicular walls, yet how many men and women are there, East or West, who bent their knees in spirit on the brink of the titanic chasm?