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""Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.”"

January 1, 1970

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Again, this is far from Muir's style of writing. The quote does not come up in any search of John Muir Papers at University of the Pacific or any of his published texts on the John Muir Exhibit website. It is found only on social media, one book on beekeeping, and one blog; never in any of Muir's actual writings or any biography of him. In one place the quote is attributed to Emily Dickinson, but not source is given.

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Again, this is far from Muir's style of writing. The quote does not come up in any search of John Muir Papers at University of the Pacific or any of his published texts on the John Muir Exhibit website. It is found only on social media, one book on beekeeping, and one blog; never in any of Muir's actual writings or any biography of him. In one place the quote is attributed to Emily Dickinson, but not source is given.