Let our law-givers then make haste before it is too late to set apart this surpassingly glorious region for the recreation and well-being of humanity, and all the world will rise up and call them blessed.


"A Rival of the Yosemite: The Cañon of the South Fork of King's River, California" The Century Magazine, volume XLIII, number 1 (November 1891) pages 77-97 (at page 97)

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John Muir Quotes

Let our law-givers then make haste before it is too late to set apart this surpassingly glorious region for the recreation and well-being of...

Let our law-givers then make haste before it is too late to set apart this surpassingly glorious region for the recreation and well-being of...

Let our law-givers then make haste before it is too late to set apart this surpassingly glorious region for the recreation and well-being of...

Let our law-givers then make haste before it is too late to set apart this surpassingly glorious region for the recreation and well-being of...