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Quotation from My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.”
My First Summer in the Sierra, Chapter I (June 6) (Project Gutenberg #32540)
Written as the flock reaches the edge of the great coniferous forest on the second bench of the range.
Citation: "We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us." — John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra, Chapter I (June 6) (Project Gutenberg #32540). (id my-first-summer-in-the-sierra-q1)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
