IRVING, WASHINGTON : He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, explore the glen, stem the torrent, and dare the precipice. (Washington Irving, U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859)

IRVING, WASHINGTON : Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. (Washington Irving, U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859)