“C. albus...I think the very loveliest of all the lily family,- a spotless soul, plant saint, that every one must love and so be made better. It puts the wildest mountaineer on his good behavior. With this plant the whole world would seem rich though non other existed.”

“All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world's wildernesses I first should wander.”

“One learns that the world, though made, is yet being made; that this is still the morning of creation; that mountains long conceived are now being born, channels traced for coming rivers, basins hollowed for lakes...”

“Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing”

“One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.”

“The mountains are calling and I must go.”

“In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.”