wherever it is really seen
but the very abundance and completeness
of the common beauty
that besets our steps
prevents its being absorbed and appreciated
It is a good thing, therefore
to make short excursions now and then
to the bottom of the sea
among dulse and coral
or up among the clouds
on mountain-tops
or in balloons
or even to creep like worms into dark holes
and caverns underground
not only to learn something of what is going on
in those out-of-the-way places
but to see better
what the sun sees
on our return to common everyday beauty
John Muir
- The Mountains of California (1894)
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