I pulled my eyes away to glance downstream at a cinder cone perched at the brink of the left Esplanade above the mouth of Prospect Canyon and the still-hidden Lava Falls. My heart lub-dubbed a few beats quicker.

Anyway, the tone and tenor of your questions suggest that it'sn't my views that matter to you - it is that I agree with you.

I've been second fiddle in that orchestra for ten years now.

1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary.