Quote by: John Muir

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life. Awakening from the stupefying effects of the vice of over-industry and the deadly apathy of luxury, they are trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own little ongoings with those of Nature, and to get rid of rust and disease.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Muir
  • DescriptionScottish-born American naturalist and author
  • BornApril 21, 1838
  • DiedDecember 24, 1914
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; United States Of America
  • ProfessionBotanist; Geologist; Explorer; Engineer; Inventor; Essayist; Writer; Autobiographer; Conservationist; Mountaineer