The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thought and deeds have moved the world, have come down from the mountains.
Source: John of the Mountains, 1938.
-- John Muir, (Apr 21 1838-1914), US naturalist, writer; He is remembered as the conservationist who helped establish Yosemite National Park.