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Quote by John Muir
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed natur

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

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Natures peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you… while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. – John Muir

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Climbing
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John Muir
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. – John Muir

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Travel
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John Muir
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Look, when youre the president, theres all kinds of things said about us. I mean, its just the nature of the job. – George W. Bush

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It is better to do ones own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. – Lao Tzu

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Nature

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. – William Shakespeare

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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. – Sallust

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Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. – Jeff Goodell

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Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make it beautiful and lovable so that a person playing it would think of it in terms of his mistress, a bartender, his wife, a good psychiatrist – whatever. – Les Paul

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If other people want to talk about my future I cant control that. – Steven Gerrard

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Life on a farm is a school of patience; you cant hurry the crops or make an ox in two days. – Henri Alain

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