Madeline Laun
Junior Division project: 1196 words process paper: 424 words |
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John Muir, a passionate naturalist and early environmentalist, played a key leadership role in the formation of the National Park system, which through Theodore Roosevelt's endorsement, created an even greater legacy.
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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." -Our National Parks, 1901, page 56. "When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty." -John Muir: Travels in Alaska, 1915, chapter 1, page 5. |
National Parks Preserved By Muir |