Nothing, poor blind reader, nothing, for the blind is leading the blind; and all this boundless range of river and plain, ridge and prairie, rocky precipice and snow-capped sierra, is as much above my poor power of words, as He who built this mighty nature is higher still than all.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
A sweet young man, who was extremely attentive to us, Charles Haensel, is since gone to sierra Leone to teach the poor negroes, from a conviction of duty.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
There are people just like that in the world, you know,-great, silent, fearless fellows, or at least there are in the sierra-world, and they are as good as they are great.
"First Fam'lies of the Sierras"
Joaquin Miller