We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.
-- John Wesley Powell
   
John Wesley Powell   Name:
John Wesley Powell
Type:
Explorer
Nationality:
American
Birth:
March 24, 1834
Death:
September 23, 1902
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