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Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.
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 battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end of it. …So we must count on watching and striving for these trees, and should always be glad to find anything so surely good and noble to strive for.
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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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Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts . . .
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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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