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Quotation from Stickeen by John Muir
“Never before or since have I seen anything like so passionate a revulsion from the depths of despair to exultant, triumphant, uncontrollable joy”
Stickeen, The Story (Project Gutenberg #11673)
Stickeen's outburst of joy after he crosses the bridge and leaps up the cliff.
Citation: "Never before or since have I seen anything like so passionate a revulsion from the depths of despair to exultant, triumphant, uncontrollable joy" — John Muir, Stickeen, The Story (Project Gutenberg #11673). (id stickeen-q3)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
