“Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.”

—  John Muir

Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings

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Scottish-born American naturalist and author 1838–1914

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