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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-...more

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Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally. But in some of nature's forests, the adventurous traveler seems a f...more

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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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Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful...more

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The world, we are told, was made especially for man — a presumption not supported by all the facts.

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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death. ... Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and commun...more

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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.