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I wonder if leaves feel lonely when they see their neighbors falling?

John Muir

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John Muir
Age: 76 †
Born: 1838
Born: April 21
Died: 1914
Died: December 24
Author
Autobiographer
Botanist
Conservationist
Ecologist
Engineer
Essayist
Explorer
Geologist
Glaciologist
Inventor
Mountaineer
Naturalist
J. Muir
Wonder
Fall
Feel
Feels
Neighbors
Falling
Neighbor
Leaves
Lonely

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