‘I have seen the many beauties of this place well.... I have looked on the rapids above the Falls. They seemed to me an emblem of human life. Such a rushing,--such a hurry,--chafing against obstacles,--impatience, passion, excitement. Then comes the grand leap--boldly, almost joyously, taken,--the leap into cloud and mystery,--and below, the river emerges from froth and foam, comparatively calm. One wonders that it is as quiet as it appears to be after such a plunge!