Because it's fun digging around in old digitally archived books online.
First, a nice pic of John Muir:
Source
(Edits mine.)
QUOTE: “The mountains are calling and I must go.”
The writings of John Muir (1916) - Volume 9
(Page 384 and 385.)
(Images: snippets pieced together by me. Sig from wiki.)
QUOTE: “The power of imagination makes us infinite.”
The North American review (1821) - Volume 245
Page 24 (intro), page 43 and 44 (quote).
How did I find it?
Google it
(Sometimes that works. Sometimes it doesn't.)
QUOTE: “But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.”
From: My first summer in the Sierra (c. 1911), John Muir (pg 196)
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QUOTE: “How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”
The Writings of John Muir: The mountains of California By John Muir, Marion Randall Parsons, William Frederic Badè, Houghton Mifflin, 1916 - Travel (pg 68)
Also at:
The mountains of California By John Muir, The Century co., 1894 - Nature - 381 pages (pg58)
The writings of John Muir (1916) - Volume 4 (pg 68)
QUOTE: “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
Steep trails By John Muir, Houghton, Mifflin, 1918 - 390 pages (Pg 128, same pg no. on all 3 links.)
AND:
The writings of John Muir Volume 8, Houghton Mifflin, 1918 - Travel
The writings of John Muir (1916) - Volume 8
Source
(Edits mine.)
Trivia: John Muir is on California's 2005 state quarter. (See wiki.)
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