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...every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.

John Muir

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John Muir
Age: 76 †
Born: 1838
Born: April 21
Died: 1914
Died: December 24
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Botanist
Conservationist
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Engineer
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Explorer
Geologist
Glaciologist
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Mountaineer
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J. Muir
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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