Quotes from authors born in 1838
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
John Muir
True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions.
Cleveland Abbe
The mountains are calling and I must go.
John Muir
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
Henry B. Adams
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
Sai Baba
Hermann von Helmholtz 
Shirley Booth 
Paul Rodriguez 
Harold L. Ickes 
Tom Baker 
Eleanor Robson Belmont 
Tom Moody 
David Douglas