2 passages by John Muir, from Our National Parks. John Muir died in 1914, so the words are in the public domain. Every passage is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg text.
Scottish-born American naturalist and writer (1838–1914), co-founder of the Sierra Club and a campaigner for national parks such as Yosemite.
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.
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
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