John Muir
Posted by:
brome
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Date: May 21, 2008 09:06PM John Muir was instrumental in the founding of Yosemite National Park and in getting the conservation movement going. Here's an online collection of his writings:
[www.yosemite.ca.us] Here's the Wikipedia: [en.wikipedia.org] Man's Place In the Universe: [www.yosemite.ca.us] Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2008 09:10PM by brome. Re: John Muir
Posted by:
Jose
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Date: May 29, 2008 02:19PM Thanks, sounds like a nice guy. Seems he was influenced by Thoreau, an early proponent of the libertarian philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience which later inspired people like Gandhi and Dr. King.
[en.wikipedia.org] Cheers, J Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/2008 02:24PM by Jose. Re: John Muir
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: May 30, 2008 11:20PM hey jose
i didn't know thoreau inspired gandhi and king interesting for some reason, that just made my day go figure i get inspired by the most unexpected things thanks again Re: John Muir
Posted by:
Sundancer
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Date: June 01, 2008 11:30AM Now you made me want to read Muir and Thoreau and Ghandi and King! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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