Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780899972855ISBN:0899972853
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WILDERNESS PR
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780899972855ISBN:0899972853
Description: John Muir challenged America to see the wilderness in a new, more respectful way. His writings and leadership shaped the physical and spiritual boundaries of our national parks. These 60 quotes pairs Muir's message with reflections by other spiritual... read more
"John Muir is considered the father of the National Parks. He has so many great phrases in his writing. I've been to his home in California and have seen his "Scribble Room." His wife said sometimes he would get "low altitude sickness" if he couldn't get up to the mountains often enough. Muir's friends kept asking him to teach in universities stating that he was needed there. Muir wrote: "But you must surely know that I never for a moment thought of leaving God's big show for a mere profship, call who may." So many great phrases..."
"Beautiful quotes from Muir's work are signed off at the end of each page with prayers and quotes from all religions.
"Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Here grow the wallflower and the violet. The squirrel will come and sit upon your knee, the logcock will wake you in the morning. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill. Of all the upness accessible to mortals, there is no upness comparable to the mountains."
Navajo prayer: I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty."
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