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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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(Last line of the documentary film "John Muir in the New World" (American Masters), produced, directed, and written by Catherine Tatge.)

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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.

Our National Parks (1901)

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

No portion of the world is so barren as not to yield a rich and precious harvest of divine truth.

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