I have a low opinion of books; they are but piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have been, or at best signal smokes to call attention.


John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938)


I have a low opinion of books; they are but piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have been, or at best signal smokes to...

I have a low opinion of books; they are but piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have been, or at best signal smokes to...

I have a low opinion of books; they are but piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have been, or at best signal smokes to...

I have a low opinion of books; they are but piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have been, or at best signal smokes to...