John Wesley Powell quotes

We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things. (John Wesley Powell)
The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail. View quote
John Wesley Powell
You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths. View quote
John Wesley Powell
Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer. View quote
John Wesley Powell
The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. View quote
John Wesley Powell