Quote#Beauty
I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact…
Quote byJohn Muir · 1838–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Explorations in the Great Tuolumne Cañon", Overland Monthly, volume XI, number 2 (August 1873) pages 139-147 (at page 143); modified and reprinted in John of the Mountains (1938), page 72.
English (original)
I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I do so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in "creation's dawn." The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day.
— John Muir
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