“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”

— John Muir

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About John Muir

Naturalist • Scottish-American

John Muir was a highly influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, and an early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia...

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