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Title
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Letters, July 20th, 1911_003
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 20th, 1911
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Date
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July 20th, 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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3 distinction of being the highest church in Europe. The name of the valley ( Avers ) is connected with Latin “aquarium” & is very apropos, as in less than an hour’s leisurely walk, there are twenty-four streams gushing from either side of the mountains & tumbling to the baby Rhine below. This is here, about the size of the big Thompson, but is a clear grey-green color, like soapstone & is imprisoned by sheer rocky cliffs. There is nothing highly exciting about the life. The peasants are up early, cutting, raking & carting the hay which is exceedingly rich in grasses & beautiful flowers. They cut clear up towards the summits on steep slopes te using the shorter vegetation which grows still higher for pasture. The cherished edelweiss grows up in the cliffs, & other flowers are beautiful & abundant — two of these are the wild pansy; yellow or blue faces smiling out from the grass. July 21st: This morning we started out for a real climb, having discovered that laziness & three meals a day made for sluggishness. The climb was not hard, & we reached
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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