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John Muir

NOUN
  1. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914)

How To Use John Muir In A Sentence

  • John Muir envisioned national parks as pristine wilderness, without domesticated animals.
  • Trees touch something deep in the soul that naturalist John Muir recognized when he wrote, "The clearest way to the universe is through a forest wilderness.
  • I came of age on John Muir's trail, climbing sharp arêtes, domed cliffs and the U-shaped valleys between.
  • My life is simple now, and when the fog lifts, the boat is filled with, as John Muir said, "holy, beamless, bodyless, inaudible floods of light. Katie Amatruda: How I Navigated The Four Stages Of Divorce
  • During the same period that John Muir was describing Indians as dirty and unclean, cities were perceived as dirty and polluted.
  • Despite John Muir's attempts to have this grove added to Yosemite National Park; it was partially logged in the late 1800s; as a result, massive stumps of felled sequoias stand next to towering giants.
  • John Muir was a veritable botanical kleptomaniac and meticulous documentarian, which is handy considering the Muir exhibition, "Nature's Beloved Son," running through Sept. 25. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • The great 19th century explorer John Muir once said: "Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.
  • The natural scientist and the thinker first realized that the seriousness of the problem, they actively promoted environmental protection; John Muir is one of them.
  • My life is simple now, and when the fog lifts, the boat is filled with, as John Muir said, "holy, beamless, bodyless, inaudible floods of light. Katie Amatruda: How I Navigated The Four Stages Of Divorce
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