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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.

John Muir

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.
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Civil Garden Increase Park Recognize Value World
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
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.
JOHN MUIR

Close Friendship Learning Live Measure Separate Soul
The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Aware Civilization Healing Wound
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!
JOHN MUIR

Earth Fresh Leaf Psalm Sing Smell Storm Sweet Voice Wash
Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Hiking Land Mountain Travel
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Direction Freedom Hiking Mountain Peace Quiet Walk
Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Beneath Beyond Forever Nature
In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Deep Dry FAction Fire Healing Heart Plant
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.
JOHN MUIR

Benefit Exist God Man
We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Life Men One Liner Together Travel Tree
Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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Deep Forest Forget Green Naturem Wood
As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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Age Close Enjoyment Failure Nature Peace
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Nature Travel Walk
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
The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
JOHN MUIR

Body Flow Past Peace River Sing Substance Vibrate

But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.

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