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Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911_014
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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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to be compared in either gradeur or beauty to some I have seen from mountain tops in Colorado . At the top the fun(?) began. Professor S. assigned definite places to each, himself leading with a trusty man to help me & one for Fritz so we filed along an arrête , up & down, steep declivities on either hand, a narrow path at the top. I find I do not get dizzy in such places, but have such a fear of stumbling or slipping or turning an ankle that the strain makes my knees wobbly; besides anxiety over Fritz who is not at all quick of recovery where he slips. My helper, a very nice French young man, with spikes in his heels an inch long was very ready & capable with his help & pranced about on slippery slopes like a goat. At one point, he even went down a steep slope leading to a precipice to get me some edelweiss. The
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Rights
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