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"John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an Influential Scottish-American[4][5]:?42? Naturalist, Author, Environmental Philosopher, Botanist, Zoologist, Glaciologist, and Early Advocate for Natural Preservation
: An influential Scottish-American:?42? naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America. His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #5 on Ecological Struggle Quotes >> Ecology and Humanity
“Garden- and park-making goes on everywhere with civilization, for everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul. This natural beauty-hunger is displayed in poor folks' window-gardens made up of a few geranium slips in broken cups, as well as in the costly lily gardens of the rich, the thousands of spacious city parks and botanical gardens, and in our magnificent National parks -- the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, etc. -- Nature's own wonderlands, the admiration and joy of the world. Nevertheless, like everything else worth while, however sacred and precious and well-guarded, they have always been subject to attack, mostly by despoiling gainseekers, -- mischief-makers of every degree from Satan to supervisors, lumbermen, cattlemen, farmers, etc., eagerly trying to make everything dollarable, often thinly disguised in smiling philanthropy...”
Source: "The Hetch Hetchy Valley," by John Muir, (Sierra Club Bulletin, January, 1908).
"The Hetch Hetchy Valley," by John Muir, (Sierra Club Bulletin, January, 1908).
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