Philosopher Chase...

from Coast Trails

Chase was born in Islington, England, outside of London, on April 8th, 1864.

In this excerpt Chase remarks on the ' curious likeness ' of a particular

section of the California Coast and the Brittany Coast in his native

England, obviously touching him emotionally.

________

" Such remembrances are full of pleasure: they keep

one's thoughts unstagnant and ever so on the

wing; and, better yet, they reach down and stir

sometimes those subtlest strings of all, that

vibrate in the dark, quiet chamber of the mind

where lies the well of tears, keeping that

unstagnant too. " 

______________