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"Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again! . . . Methinks I hear A spirit in your echoes answer me, And bid your tenant welcome to his home Again! ". S. Knowles
Our career in 1864 had been one of unbroken success, but the great ascent upon which I had set my heart was not attempted, and, until it was accomplished, I was unsatisfied. Other things, too, influenced me to visit the Alps once more. I wished to travel elsewhere, in places where the responsibility of direction would rest with myself alone. It was well to know how far my judgment in the choice of routes could be relied upon.