“Beside the grand history of the glaciers and their own, the mountain streams sing the history of every avalanche or earthquake and of snow, all easily recognized by the human ear, and every word evoked by the falling leaf and drinking deer, beside a thousand other facts so small and spoken by the stream in so low a voice the human ear cannot hear them.” HumansFactsFallVoiceThousandMountainLowsRiversEarsDrinkingEnvironmentalSnowStreamsLeafsEarthquakesDeerGlaciersAvalanchesFalling LeavesMountain Streams Book:John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.” LastsFallMorningDisappearHillsHuntingMiceHuntersHuntsMistDeerBuffaloElkMorning Mist Author:Chief Joseph