All the wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.

John Muir

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Power of nature Wilderness Nature

Author

John Muir

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Naturalist Conservationist Writer

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Original Citation

Muir, John. Journal entry. 1869.

Current Citation

Muir, John. "My First Summer in the Sierra." John Muir: Nature Writings. Library of America, 1997, ch. 10.

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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

Current Citation

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Time
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