Today's quote is from Richard Halliburton's 1925 book, _The Royal Road to
Romance_.

[Halliburton reflects on the glory of having ascended to the peak of the
Matterhorn]

In that fierce moment of intense living we felt our blood surge within us.
The terrors and struggles of the climb were forgotten. The abyss beneath
us, the bewildering panorama about us, cast a spell that awed me to
silence. I began to believe it awed [Halliburton's friend] Irvine too, for
I saw him clasp his hands and look out over the six thousand foot chasm
with an expression that assured me he was in tune with the infinite.

"Oh, Dick," he whispered in such unusually solemn tones that I
awaited some great inspired utterance about the sublimity of nature and the
glory of God.

Breathlessly, tremblingly, I listened.

_"At last,"_ he continued in a far-away voice, "after talking about
it and dreaming about it all these years, at last, I can _actually_ SPIT A
MILE!"



    Submitted by:   thorntn@cc.umanitoba.ca (Duncan Thornton)
                    Jun. 12, 1995
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