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Quote by John Muir
The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be gue

The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be guessed…. One can make a day of any size, and regulate the rising and setting of his own sun and the brightness of its shining. – John Muir

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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. – John Muir

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The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. – John Muir

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We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. – Henry David Thoreau

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The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness. – Henry David Thoreau

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Camping: The art of getting closer to nature while getting farther away from the nearest cold beverage, hot shower and flush toilet. – Author Unknown

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Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared. – Jack Handey

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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. – Samuel Johnson

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