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About John Muir
Scottish-born American naturalist and writer
John Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist and writer, active in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as an early and influential voice for preserving wilderness in the United States. Muir also worked as an environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, and glaciologist. He is associated with the names “John of the Mountains” and “Father of the National Parks,” titles that reflect his lasting role in shaping wilderness preservation and the language around it.
More from John Muir (102 quotes) →More quotes by John Muir
- “The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.”John Muir
- “Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God, and so are men. We all flow from one fountain Soul. All are express…”John Muir
- “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”John Muir
- “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains…”John Muir
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- “The unstated premise that nature is nice lies behind many of the objections to the Darwinian theory of human…”Steven Pinker
- “A poet warrior realizes both the brutality and the beauty in life, and apprehends that the suffering we tragi…”Kilroy J. Oldster
- “Because of the nature of my brand, it's so important our readers know it really is me behind my keyboard.”Brit Morin
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Books by John Muir
The mountains of California
1894
The story of my boyhood and youth
1913
Steep Trails
2004
John Muir
2000
A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf
1916