Travels in Alaska Quotes.

1. "Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant."
- John Muir, Travels in Alaska

2. "But think of the hearts of these whales, beating warm against the sea, day and night, through dark and light, on and on for centuries; how the red blood must rush and gurgle in and out, bucketfuls, barrelfuls at a beat!"
- John Muir, Travels in Alaska

3. "Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before."
- John Muir, Travels in Alaska

4. "Our good ship also seemed like a thing of life, its great iron heart beating on through calm and storm, a truly noble spectacle. But think of the hearts of these whales, beating warm against the sea, day and night, through dark and light, on and on for centuries; how the red blood must rush and gurgle in and out, bucketfuls, barrelfuls at a beat!"
- John Muir, Travels in Alaska