“In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others”
― Our National Parks
― Our National Parks
“Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.”
― Travels in Alaska
― Travels in Alaska
“Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality.”
― My First Summer in the Sierra
― My First Summer in the Sierra
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