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Quotation from The Mountains of California by John Muir
“Being accustomed to climb trees in making botanical studies, I experienced no difficulty in reaching the top of this one, and never before did I enjoy so noble an exhilaration of motion.”
The Mountains of California, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #10012)
Climbing a hundred-foot Douglas spruce during a December gale in the Yuba River country.
Citation: "Being accustomed to climb trees in making botanical studies, I experienced no difficulty in reaching the top of this one, and never before did I enjoy so noble an exhilaration of motion." — John Muir, The Mountains of California, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #10012). (id the-mountains-of-california-q3)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
