"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth
Each step into the wild was a pilgrimage. Every second spent on the mountains, every moment staring into the heart of a stream-fed ravine, was a spiritual journey. Flinders collects Muir's thoughts an