It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks...

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.

It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.