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Quotation from The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir
“I can hardly think of any other event in my life, any discovery I ever made that gave birth to joy so transportingly glorious as the possession of these five frosty hours.”
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, Chapter VII (Project Gutenberg #18359)
Waking at one in the morning after his father has allowed him to rise as early as he likes.
Citation: "I can hardly think of any other event in my life, any discovery I ever made that gave birth to joy so transportingly glorious as the possession of these five frosty hours." — John Muir, The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, Chapter VII (Project Gutenberg #18359). (id the-story-of-my-boyhood-and-youth-q5)
Virtues: Industry
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
