John Muir Legacy

In the serious yet optimistic journal entry, John Muir employs the idea of spiritual duty, and personification, as humans to preserves the continuously killed Redwoods. Muir has seen the death of hundreds of trees and knows the irreparable damage it could cause if the damage continues, “...kings of the forest, the noblest of a noble race, rightly belong to the world, but as they are in California we cannot escape responsibility as their guardians” (paragraph, 6). The author’s use of “noblest of a noble race” and “responsibility as their guardian” evokes an intense need to not only protest the killing of these giants but to nurture and advocate respect for the Redwoods. As humans, Muir demands an explanation as to our mistreatment of the sacred creatures and will take no other answers than of one that demonstrates total and complete love for the trees. He expects those who are damaging God’s prized forests to questions themselves and to examine their actions so that they can correct their mistakes. Another example of personification that appeals to the trees is John Muir’s description of the insurgence of rebellion against the murder of the trees, and the rejoicing of the behemoths, “... this righteous uprising in defense of God’s trees in the midst of exciting politics and wars… and every Sequoia… has heard the good news and is waving its branches for joy” (paragraph, 1). The words in this sentence serve primarily to illustrate the tree’s emotions. By giving the trees the ability to feel and exhibit joy over their possibly brighter future, it gives people a sense of pride about alleviating some of the Redwood’s pain. As Muir has demonstrated many times before, it is the people's duty to cherish the Redwoods; there will never be a moment when this job is completed.

One day, John Muir said, “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity...”-John Muir.(Brainyuote) As John Muir stated, we must experience true wilderness and nature. Yosemite showcases a variety of natural wonders such as waterfalls, Giant Sequoia trees, and rock formations.

In source one it is about, how President Theordore Roosevelt and John Muir go to the Yosemite valley together because, “that is the only person that Roosevelt will go with”. Roosevelt said, “What are we supposed to do when all of are forest are gone because, of all these people that are destroying them”.In passage 1, it states “ In 1890, the government formed Yosemite National Park, but the new park did not include Yosemite Valley”.In this passage, it is very important for Roosevelt and John to save the red wood trees because that is both of there goals in life and they decided to do it together.In the middle of the passage, it talks about how were they traveled to and how they got there and things like that.Next, At the end of the story it talks about what they

He had an accident that almost made him blind, and he really started to go after nature then. What he saw was people destroying nature, and he wanted to stop that. That is a problem because wild life needs to be protected and preserved, not taken away and destroyed. He was a co-founder of the Sierra Club and he helped create national parks. Muir is often called “The Father of Our National Parks” or “Citizen of the Universe.” He wrote a lot of articles and books that inspired people to be in nature and enjoy it. One of his quotes from My First Summer in the Sierra is, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the

John believed that turning places into national parks would be a great way to conserve them, this allows for wild life and plants to be monitored and kept under control. With his great love for the idea of national parks, came a lot of pro’s for the environment. Biodiversity plays an important role in national parks, biodiversity helps to keep environments clean and healthy for wild life. It allows for climate regulation, pollination and water purification. Yosemite National Park was one of Muir’s creates accomplishments. He first traveled there in 1868 an loved the beauty and scenery so much that he decided to come back the next year and get a job as a rancher. Soon he became very concerned about natural landscape preservation.

John Muir and Gifford Pinchot were men who both had different opinions about the environment. Both men were active in the early 1900s, and both aimed to protect North American wilderness by opposing rapid deforestation and unregulated economic land development. Muir was a preservationist who believed that nature should be protected for its own sake and that we should protect it for its beauty. He believed nature provided spiritual renewal and met human recreational needs. As such, Muir recognized that nature met human needs in an anthropocentrist view, but he also believed that nature deserved protection for its own inherent value in an ecocentrist view. Pinchot was a conservationist who favored sustainable use of resources for the benefit

John Muir was a farmer, inventor, sheepherder, explorer, and writer. Without him lots of places we love, like Yosemite and many more, would not be here today. John Muir was born was born on April 21st in 1838 in Dunbar, Scotland. He was the third of his parents eight children. John’s father was religious and very harsh. He forced John and his siblings to work in the fields. Their father also did not let them read books at a young age, so he found a way. He was interested in inventing, so he built a bed that would tilt at a steep angle causing him to slip out of bed. This was one of John’s earliest inventions. His family moved to America when he was about eleven.

For thirty years John Muir has tried to persuade people to preserve the area but it wasn't easy. Soon enough he got a letter from Roosevelt saying he wanted to go on a camping trip with just Muir. According to Fleming ¨ Roosevelt already expressed his outrage over destruction of the wilderness.¨. Muir agreed to guide Roosevelt. Roosevelt was dazzled by Yosemite Valley that he went on to give a speech saying ¨The sequoias deserve protection, simply because it would be a shame to let them disappear.¨ according to Fleming.

Spending most of his life out in nature Muir became a self taught scientist who suggested that the Yosemite Valley had been formed by glaciers and today his theory is still being used. In addition Muir pleaded for the preservation of Hetch Hetchy valley they were going to build a dam to supply water to the nearest communities the outcome of this was disastrous breaking Muir heart because he knew that the beauty of the Hetch Hetchy would be destroyed by man. After the loss of the valley Muir was disappointed quoting “These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the almighty Dollar.” Here we see the spiritual connection Muir had with the natural environment, believing that the beauty of nature is life and it should be respected and preserved because it's all we

Oeschlaeger’s “Henry David Thoreau: Philosopher of the Wilderness”, “John Muir: Wilderness Sage”, and “Aldo Leopold and the Age of Ecology” from The Idea of Wilderness: From Prehistory to the Age of Ecology focuses on the main American wilderness writers. Henry David Thoreau’s wilderness writing branches away from transcendentalism and into true appreciation of the glory of nature. His ideas evolved through his experiences with nature over the years (136). For instance, his negative or frightening experience on Ktaadn marked his divorce from transcendentalism (149). Thoreau was also a supporter of environmental protection, which would continue on to influence John Muir and Aldo Leopold. John Muir also began his wilderness writing career with

If one takes a simple walk into nature, they will witness a thousand miracles. It is hard to understand this thought until it is actually done. Many amazing things can happen to one throughout nature by exploring the places where wifi is weak. If one listens closely, the Earth has music that will lead one to the right direction. John Muir and William Wordsworth demonstrate their heart felted relation and sympathy for nature by utilizing figurative language to show how nature impacted and affected their everyday choices.

Aldo Leopold is considered by many to be one of the leading founders of conservation biology. From a very young age, he had a heightened interest in the outdoors and later pursued a career in the U.S. Forest Service. In 1949, he published a book about conservation called, “A Sand County Almanac”. Contained within the book is one of his writings, “The Land Ethic”, an influential writing that was designed to inform and inspire others to do their part in conserving the earths remaining wilderness.

Muir’s journey from machinist to scientist, writer, and activist—and some would say icon—was aided by a host of nineteenth-century luminaries. He walked California’s Mount Shasta with Asa Gray, the Harvard botanist who was Charles Darwin’s greatest American explicator, and communed with Ralph Waldo Emerson in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove. Robert Underwood Johnson of The Century Magazine was his editor, taskmaster, and friend. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft traveled Yosemite with Muir, and the railroad magnate Edward Harriman hosted him on a scientific survey of Alaska. But the person who cultivated Muir’s potential and who prodded him to become an explorer in his own right was Jeanne Carr, the recipient of the Humboldt letter.

The experience of discovery can be unexpected in nature and stimulate new ideas that challenge the perceptions of widely-held ideologies. Discovery of the self, discovery through nature and discovery through travel are three concepts distinctively used in the novella “The Motorcycle Diaries” by Ernesto Che Guevara and the poem “the road not taken” by Robert Frost.

I also thought it was a bit crazy how John Muir set out carrying only a few items with him. I know I can barely travel a state away without a whole suitcase full of stuff that I think I’ll need, but end up not using anyway. I wonder what he thought about while walking for such a long time. I also wonder if he encountered many wild animals. I looked on Yosemite’s