"This gem of mirrors is known as the 'Toilet Glass of Yosemite.' There is no spot on earth known to man where mountains 4,200 feet high are all perfectly reflected upon one small lakelet. Here, moreover, the sun can be seen to rise many times on a single morning. Looking down into Mirror Lake, we behold the mountain heights, the curve of the great dome, the trees, the shifting shadows, all doubled at our feet. The mountain height draw near each other in this wedding of land with water, and as they incline their stately heads, seem to whisper: 'Out of perfection of beauty God hath shined'" Dated 1899
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