All the world lies warm in one heart, yet the Sierra seems to get more light than other mountains. The weather is mostly sunshine embellished with magnificent storms, and nearly everything shines from base to summit - the rocks, streams, lakes, glaciers, irised falls, and the forests of silver fir and silver pine.

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John Muir

Base Everything Falls Forests Get Glaciers Heart Lakes Lies Light Magnificent More Mostly Mountains Nearly Other Pine Rocks Seems Shines Sierra Silver Storms Streams Summit Sunshine Than Warm Weather World

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