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![“In that year [1865] John Muir offered to buy from his brother ... a sanctuary for the wildflowers that had gladdened his youth. His brother declined to part with the land, but he could not suppress the idea: 1865 still stands in Wisconsin history as the birth-year of mercy for things natural…” quote by Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/aldo-leopold-1278_birth_in-that-year-1865-john-muir-offered-to-b_1777207.png)
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