John Muir
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By age 11, Muir had memorized all of the New Testament and much of the Old.
In early adulthood Muir was blinded in an industrial accident. After several months, his vision was spontaneously restored. This accident resolved Muir to forsake industry in favor of exploration and Natural History.
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"In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same; no recognition of rights -- only murder in one form or another." John Muir, 1838-1914
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