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John Muir Quotes About Going Home

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  • John Muir quote: Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going...

    Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.

    "Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays".
  • Going to the mountains is going home.

    John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.721, Library of America
  • Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally.

    John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.767, Library of America

John Muir

  • Born: April 21, 1838
  • Died: December 24, 1914
  • Occupation: Author
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