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Summertime is John Muir time. The Scottish-American naturalist and author, who lived from 1838 to 1914, was an early advocate for wilderness preservation in the United States and is one of the ...
John Muir (/ m jʊər / MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), [1] also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", [2] was a Scottish-born American [3] [4]: 42 naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States.
Ronald Limbaugh's book, John Muir's "Stickeen" and the Lessons of Nature (1996) reconstructs the original manuscript submitted by Muir in 1897. [a] Many later editions were printed throughout the 20th century that included artwork, children's adaptions, audio, music and video.
John Muir – author and preservationist, founder of the Sierra Club; Margaret Murie – "Grandmother of the conservation movement" Olaus Murie – wilderness activist; Erni Suyanti Musabine, veterinarian involved in the conservation of Sumatran tigers [1] Mike Pandey
Among them are quotes from luminaries like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain, who amusingly summed up spring's unpredictable weather by observing, "In the Spring, I ...
16. "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck. 17. "Snowing is an attempt of God to make the dirty world look clean.”
John Ridgway – Atlantic rower. Chris Ryan – author and television presenter; Al Slater MM – SAS soldier † Sir James Spicer; Richard Todd – actor; Steve Truglia – world record-breaker and stunt performer; John Waddy Ex commander SAS, advisor on the film A Bridge Too Far. Dean Ward – Winter Olympic bobsleigh bronze medalist
Welcome cold weather with fuzzy blankets, nights spent by the fire and, of course, these beautiful winter quotes. Some people see the winter as bleak, but it’s really a season of rest and beauty ...