About John Muir
John Muir ( MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
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The charitable acts that count the most are those done without anyone knowing.
The more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.
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In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same: no recognition of rights — only murder in one form or another.