John Muir, 1872
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 alike.
- John Muir, The Yosemite (1912), page 256.
What an extraordinary person.
I literally cannot imagine what life would have been like without him.
Would there be an NPS?
Would I be a conservation biologist?
Would Yosemite be a pricey private resort & spa?
Yikes.
And, might I add
Phew!
and
Hooray!
A Happy Birthday, indeed.
=)
biobabbler
P.S. A wonderful place to go if you could us a little inspiration is this assemblage of John Muir quotes, from the Sierra Club.
