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This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality.
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“This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality.”

John Muir

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My First Summer in the Sierra
Date
1911
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Muir describes freedom as absorption in immediate natural experience, where ordinary anxiety about saving time temporarily loses its force.

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My First Summer in the Sierra, June 13; the sentence follows his reflection on not hurrying like the trees and stars.

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