Now invalids come from far and near in hundreds and thousands, and when the distractions and appliances of the sanitary stations equal those of the European spas they will come in tens of thousands, for the plateau is not only a health-resort but a wonderland.

Consequently, the plateau may be a warning that we cannot learn more for the present and that the proper remedy is to refrain for a little while from further efforts in that line.

The vacation might cover several weeks, a week-end, or if the plateau is merely a low period in the day's work, then ten minutes may suffice for a vacation.

Inasmuch as the plateau is such a common occurrence in human activity, we should analyze it and see what factors operate to influence it.

This plateau is a region partly of healthy, rather dry and sandy, open prairie, partly of forest.

The great central plateau of North America is a Mer de Glace in stone.