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Quotation from Stickeen by John Muir

“Our storm-battle for life brought him to light, and through him as through a window I have ever since been looking with deeper sympathy into all my fellow mortals”

John Muir

Stickeen, The Story (Project Gutenberg #11673)

Portrait of John Muir

Muir's reflection, years later, on what the day taught him.

Citation: "Our storm-battle for life brought him to light, and through him as through a window I have ever since been looking with deeper sympathy into all my fellow mortals" — John Muir, Stickeen, The Story (Project Gutenberg #11673). (id stickeen-q5)

Virtues: Charity

Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.

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