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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.

John Muir

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Animal Care Clear Earth Forest Universe Wild
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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Attachment Finding Inspirational Nature World
What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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Earth Fresh Leaf Psalm Sing Smell Storm Sweet Voice Wash
I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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Close Friendship Learning Live Measure Separate Soul
Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Angel Guardian Guide Inspirational People Sheep Storm
At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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Bless Conscious Divine Light Mountain Religion Touch Wait Worship
It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Dead Earn Earthquake Interesting People
Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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Beautiful Body Cheer Healing Nature Place Play Pray Soul Strength
In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Nature One Liner Receive Seek Travel Walk
Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Delicious Lungs Nature Tongue
The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Especially FAction Man Presumption Support Universe World
All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Holiday Nature Wander Wild World
I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Light Love Moon Run Stride Strong Sun
To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Alaska Country Love Lovers Travel Wonderful World
This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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Defend Frost Love Lover Nature Rejoice Reservation Wild
As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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Benefit Exist God Man

So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.

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