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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.

John Muir

How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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Blind Creature Narrow Selfish Sympathy
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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Enthusiasm Hiking Mountain Nature Trekking
Take me into the mountains.
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Hiking Mountain One Liner Peace Travel Trekking
But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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Blow Darkness Display Impressive Night Storm Waves
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIR

Nature Travel Walk
Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Children Communication Death Life Nature Walk
It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
JOHN MUIR

Afternoon Course Life Man Mountain Sunset
To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIR

Alaska Country Love Lovers Travel Wonderful World
But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Government Nature Travel Wild
Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Blind One Liner Opposition Progress
Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Gold Hide Nature One Liner Wild
The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
JOHN MUIR

Civil Garden Increase Park Recognize Value World
There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Fragment Harmony Nature Relative
Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Beautiful Beneath Beyond Forever Nature
We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Life Men One Liner Together Travel Tree
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.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Body Cheer Healing Nature Place Play Pray Soul Strength

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