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Few Quotes by John Muir
- Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed,-chased and hunted down as long as fun…
- Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could…
- I was a few miles south of Louisville when I planned my journey. I spread out my map under a tree and made up my…
- Indians walk softly and hurt the landscape hardly more than the birds and squirrels, and their brush and bark huts last hardly longer than those…
- Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts . . .
- The groves and thickets of smaller trees are full of blooming evergreen vines. These vines are not arranged in separate groups, or in delicate wreaths,…
- The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair…
- Quench love, and what is left of a man's life but the folding of a few jointed bones and square inches of flesh? Who would…
- Few in these hot, dim, strenuous times are quite sane or free; choked with care like clocks full of dust, laboriously doing so much good…
- A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though…
- A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though…
- Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from…
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