One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and church…

John Muir
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One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man. ✨ John Muir (2017). The Yosemite: John Muir's quest to preserve the wilderness, p.8, Vertebrate Publishing
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One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man. ✨ John Muir (2017). The Yosemite: John Muir's quest to preserve the wilderness, p.8, Vertebrate Publishing

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