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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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Keep close to Natures heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. – John Muir

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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creations braggart lords. – John Muir

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Subdue your appetites, my dears, and youve conquered human nature. – Charles Dickens

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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. – Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, 1620

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Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. – Thornton Wilder

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I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. – Claude Monet

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