John Muir April 21, 1838
“The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end of it . . . So we must count on watching and striving for these trees, and should always be glad to find anything so surely good and noble to strive for.”
Artwork by Robert Shetterly
Happy Birthday.
Thank you for your immense legacy: your many writings, Yosemite National Park, The National Park Service, the Sierra Club, preservationist, explorer, champion of nature. For a timeline of John Muir’s remarkable life that has left a profound effect on each and every one of us click here.
Muir has long been a hero of mine. 🙂
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Mine as well. It is hard to imagine what our natural resources would be had it not been for likes of John Muir, isn’t it? Thank you for commenting.
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WOW! I never knew about this person, and I feel I must…a real show-stopping post today, Penny. Course, the word ‘forest’ jumped straight out at me.
It’s nice to share a habitat, even thousands of miles apart 🙂
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Thank you, Kate. Muir is an American hero is there ever was one. There have been some wonderful PBS features about him that you should be able to click onto if you want to learn more about this wonderful man who was born in Scotland and gave birth to the preservationist movement here in the States that has given us our wonderful national parks.
It is, indeed.
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Muir had so much good to offer with his love of wilderness, of our planet. I saw the exhibit of Shetterly’s work at Bates College in Maine when I was there last year. It is an interesting exhibit. Fun to be reminded of it. Thank you for sharing Muir with us. He always inspires me.
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So right you are, Teresa. That must have been interesting to see close at Bates College. You are welcome. I think his contributions to society are so large, so meaningful, it is good to be reminded.
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I have always admired and loved the work of John Muir.
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Me too.
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