I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news β¨ John Muir, S. Hall Young (2015). THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs and Wilderness Essays from the author of The Yosemite, Our National Parks, The Mountains of California, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Picturesque California, Steep Trails, p.469, e-artnow
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- The mountains are calling and I must go. β¨ John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings, p.190, The Mountaineers Books
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