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Scottish-American Naturalist
Scottish-American Naturalist
John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America.
His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park, and his example has served as an inspiration for the preservation of many other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he co-founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. As part of the campaign to make Yosemite a national park, Muir published two landmark articles on wilderness preservation in The Century Magazine, "The Treasures of the Yosemite" and "Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park"; this helped support the push for U.S. Congress to pass a bill in 1890 establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings has inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas.
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The Mountians are Calling
The Mountians are Calling
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
Natures Landscapes
Natures Landscapes
“None of Nature's landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild.”
Who Listens
Who Listens
“Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.”
Beauty as Well As Bread
Beauty as Well As Bread
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
House of One Room
House of One Room
“How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof. In such places, standing alone on the mountaintop, it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make — leaves and moss like the marmots and the birds, or tents or piled stone — we all dwell in a house of one room — the world with the firmament for its roof — and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving track.”
God Never Made …
God Never Made …
"God never made an ugly landscape. All that the sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild."
Climb the Mountains
Climb the Mountains
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”
The Heart of People
The Heart of People
“The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
We All Flow
We All Flow
“We all flow from one fountain Soul. All are expressions of one Love. God does not appear, and flow out, only from narrow chinks and round bored wells here and there in favored races and places, but He flows in grand undivided currents, shoreless and boundless over creeds and forms and all kinds of civilizations and peoples and beasts, saturating all and fountainizing all.”
Alone at Night
Alone at Night
“When one is alone at night in the depths of these woods, the stillness is at once awful and sublime. Every leaf seems to speak.“
Another Glorious Day
Another Glorious Day
“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.”
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