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The mystery needs no
shrines or temples
save those that nature provides.
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It may be met in the shadowy
heights and aisles of a primeval forest,
on the sunlit expanse of virgin prairie,
the dizzy spires and pinnacles of naked rock,
and beyond, in the speckled vault of the star-lit sky.
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All who live a lot out of doors
know the magnetic force
that accumulates in solitude
swiftly flees when confronted
by the faceless vagaries of a crowd.
– Ohiyesa
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