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View from Pinnacle on Roof of Cathedral—the Delectable Mountains beyond. Among the Himalayas. Supposed highest summits on the earth’s surface. Elevation, 29,000 feet. From near Sundookphoo, 1885.
A TWENTIETH CENTURY IDEALIST
BY
HENRY PETTIT
Under the Surface of the Ordinary Life Lie Great Mysteries— The Real Part of Man Is in His Ideals

THE GRAFTON PRESS
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1905, BY HENRY PETTIT