John Muir Quotes


Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.


Citations

Muir, John. My First Summer in the Sierra. Houghton Mifflin, 1911.

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John Muir
John Muir
  • Born: April 21, 1838
  • Died: December 24, 1914
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Farmer, Inventor, Naturalist, Philosopher, Writer, Botanist, Zoologist, Geologist, Environmentalist

John Muir also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American:42 naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America.