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We all flow from one fountain.

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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Geologist
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Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.
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Man and other civilized animals are the only creatures that ever become dirty.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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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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No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself.
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