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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.

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
Ecologist
Engineer
Essayist
Explorer
Geologist
Glaciologist
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Mountaineer
Naturalist
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