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Quotes by John Muir
(1838 - 1914)


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ForestGod has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
- (Yosemite naturalist)
miningThe wealth Nevada has already given to the world is indeed wonderful, but the only grand marvel is the energy expended in its development.
- (on mining)
Paying attentionIt is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
- (naturalist)
WildlifeIn my first interview with a Sierra bear we were frightened and embarrassed, both of us, but the bear's behavior was better than mine.
- (Naturalist)
WildlifeI have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was eager for another as much as it was made for itself.
- (naturalist)
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