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When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.

John Muir

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John Muir
Age: 76 †
Born: 1838
Born: April 21
Died: 1914
Died: December 24
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The mountains are fountains not only of rivers and fertile soil, but of men.
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It is a vast wilderness of rocks in a sea of light, colored and glowing like oak and maple in autumn, when the sun gold is richest
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Look up and down and round about you.!
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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Government protection should be thrown around every wild grove and forest on the mountains, as it is around every private orchard, and the trees in public parks. To say nothing of their value as fountains of timber, they are worth infinitely more than all the gardens and parks of towns.
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All wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.
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We all flow from one fountain- Soul. All are expressions of one love.
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In every country the mountains are fountains, not only of rivers but of men. Therefore we all are born mountaineers, the offspring of rock and sunshine.
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...every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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In this silent, serene wilderness the weary can gain a heart-bath in perfect peace.
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How many hearts with warm, red blood in them are beating under cover of the woods, and how many teeth and eyes are shining? A multitude of animal people, intimately related to us, but of whose lives we know almost nothing, are as busy about their own affairs as we are about ours.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
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I wish I knew where I was going. Doomed to be carried of the spirit into the wilderness, I suppose. I wish I could be more moderate in my desires, but I cannot, and so there is no rest.
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