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Quotation from The Mountains of California by John Muir
“Then it seemed to me the Sierra should be called not the Nevada, or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light.”
The Mountains of California, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #10012)
Recalling his first view of the range from the Pacheco Pass across the flowering Central Valley.
Citation: "Then it seemed to me the Sierra should be called not the Nevada, or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light." — John Muir, The Mountains of California, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #10012). (id the-mountains-of-california-q1)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
