Mark Twain: We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as mu

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we — Mark Twain

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

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