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Quotation from My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
“Of the two thousand and fifty that left the corral in the spring lean and weak, two thousand and twenty-five have returned fat and strong.”
My First Summer in the Sierra, Chapter XI (September 22) (Project Gutenberg #32540)
The count of the flock at the end of the summer, near the close of the book.
Citation: "Of the two thousand and fifty that left the corral in the spring lean and weak, two thousand and twenty-five have returned fat and strong." — John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra, Chapter XI (September 22) (Project Gutenberg #32540). (id my-first-summer-in-the-sierra-q7)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
