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John Morley: Oct. 4.—Nothing sets me up in mind and body like a mountain solitude, not even, perhaps, the sea.

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Oct. 4.—Nothing sets me up in mind and body like a mountain solitude, not even, perhaps, the sea.
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John Morley

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Morley emphasizes the mental and physical rejuvenation he finds in mountain solitude.

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