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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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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. – John Muir

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Beauty
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John Muir
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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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Camping
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John Muir
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that mens nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. – Xun Zi

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Nature

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it. – Toni Morrison

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Nature

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. – Xun Zi

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Nature

Innovative capitalists have tried to rewrite nature, but to no avail. – Terri Guillemets, 2007

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Nature

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When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history. – George J. Mitchell

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teacher

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer. – Lord Byron

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Letters

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isnt the top priority. – Angela Merkel

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I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Perspective