Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,--it seemed the whole world, so limitless it stretched away at her feet,--feeling that infinite unspeakable sense of nearness to Heaven, remoteness from earth which comes only on mountain heights, she drew in a long breath of delight, and cried: "At last! at last, Alessandro! Here we are safe! This is freedom! This is joy!

Quote by Helen Hunt Jackson

Senate but died in the House of Representatives. Sixty years after its publication 600000 copies had been sold.

It was estimated to have been reprinted 300 times and contributed to the growth of tourism in Southern California. S. government.