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Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911_009
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911
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Date
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July 12th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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9 togs, we were joyfully off, glad to stretch our limbs in freedom. At the station, we joined Prof. Schrueter & about fifteen students, all young men except one, a girl, provided with nailed boots, knapsacks, & staves. The railroad trip to our starting point was a revelation in its rugged grandeur. The Alps are of a very soft, shaky rock & erosion has been tremendous in consequence. None of your softly rounded peaks — but sheer, forbidding precipices & jagged summits, with waterfalls starting at the top & dropping hundreds of feet. One of these was especially fine, spouting out in a fierce torrent a thousand feet above the lake ( Wallensee ). Above the source in a green meadow, was a tiny village! From our terminus, we walked along the road for about an hour, the professor calling the attention of his students to
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Rights
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