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Excerpt from Mount Holyoke and Vicinity: Historical and Descriptive
Those who are careful observers of human nature, know that one of the deepest forces in mankind is the tendency to climb. The desire to see what is around and beyond us is as old as man, and just so old, therefore, must be the climbing of hills for the View. One can hardly imagine a person living within accessible distance of an elevation, who does not desire and plan to climb it. Undoubtedly the wandering tribes of our forefathers always, when opportunity offered, examined new lands, and were aided in a suitable selection by a survey from a hilltop. Perhaps Mt. Holyoke served some such pur pose to the first settlers of Northampton and Hadley. Certain it is that people Visited it soon after the first settlement of these places, and ever since then the resort has been a favorite one, not only of the neighboring towns, but of people of re finement the world over.
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