Panoramas are not what they used to be.
Claude has been dead a long time
And apostrophes are forbidden on the funicular.
Marx has ruined Nature,
For the moment.
For myself, I live by leaves,
Although a funicular might be a convenient way to travel up a mountain, it fundamentally separates the traveler from the natural world. 
 
 On the funicular, nature is not wild and expansive – it is closely framed by man. Riders cannot abandon themselves to the exhilaration of the hike, they maintain the formalities and rules of society. The language police appears to be in Stevens' car, banning all contractions.
Botanist on Alp No. 1