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Quotation from Our National Parks by John Muir
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”
Our National Parks, Chapter II (Project Gutenberg #60929)
Advice to visitors to Yellowstone to leave the roads and hotels and walk into the mountains.
Citation: "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." — John Muir, Our National Parks, Chapter II (Project Gutenberg #60929). (id our-national-parks-q3)
Virtues: Hope
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
