Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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become wot·thlesl!. from decay. The sugar pine and some varieties
very full of pitch are exceptions, however: they will last
for years.
The manzanita, which covers the hills everywhere, is a remarkable
bush. It has a thick, hard, round leaf, whlch in size
ranges from that of a quarte~ to a half dollar, and is of a
silvery green color. In certain lights this bush appears luminous;
and especially is it so when, covered with dew or frost,
it meets the first rays of the morning sun.
It would he useless to attempt a word picture of the vegetation
of this country. In the language of a senaMter·n country, they feel as if they
hatl lost. all theit· 1111pport, physit,ally and mentally; for in this
plat·e they have tanthing to w01·k with but the primitive astral
elt•ments. BecaU!~e of this, many find this a terrible place.
The people of the wodd h:we no idea to what extent they
are floating along-as a straw npon the great river-on the
title of human th0t1ght. feeling, and emotion: anti when they
are taken out of all this and set upon their own feet, and are
required to draw all sustenance from the God of the universe,
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