The Dial of the Heart (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Dial of the HeartI am told that Balmat was the first man to ascend Mt. Blane. Time and again had he tried to reach the summit, but the steeps balked him. One day, though, he did find his way to the very pinnacle, and recounting it afterwards, he said I was king of Mt. Blane, I was the statue of that immense pedestal. Since then many a man has climbed that alp, footing it up the precipitous heights, daring the untrod, changing crusts of snow and ice, leap ing rifts where a misstep meant a dash to eternity, till at last he stood, a king, looking down on the lowlands lost in mists. But no weakling, no de pendent, no one with much less strength than Bal mat, has made the ascent. Only those who have previously tramped miles and miles to harden their legs, only those who have looked over sheer os carpments and assured themselves of steady heads, only those who have had experience, have gone up the heights.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.