“A Humble PRESENT to Our Female MOUNTAIN + From the CITIZENS + BOROUGH of LILLIPUT in EXILE”
T. H. White book Mistress Masham's Repose
Mistress Masham's Repose (1946)
“Humbling huge mountains as if they were piles of litter, ... She brings about the destruction of the mountain lands from east to west.”
About Inanna, Lines 60-72.
A Hymn to Inana (23rd century BCE)
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Hassan Rouhani (1948) 7th President of Islamic Republic of Iran
"Iran Headlines: Khamenei’s Grandchildren, Additional Protocol, and Summer Tourism" http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/iran-at-saban/posts/headlines-2014/07/29-khamenei-grandchildren-rare-public-appearance, Brookings (July 19, 2014)
“The mountains from that fearful first
Named day were God's own house.”
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) American judge
Epigraph, Ch. 3 : Man-Hunters.
Shadows of Shasta (1881)
Context: The mountains from that fearful first
Named day were God's own house. Behold,
'Twas here dread Sinai's thunders burst
And showed His face. 'Twas here of old
His prophets dwelt. Lo, it was here
The Christ did come when death drew near.
“The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there.”
Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 20
Context: Zen is the "spirit of the valley." The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
