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Show 512. yet this was part of the dream born with the Sierra Club. Perhaps the dream was never heard, or perhaps i t died between 1895 and 1905. It was c e r t a i n l y not possible to hold together alliances made up of monopolists and progressives, conservationists and a r t i s t s , rural folk and urban. 1905 A p o l i t i c a l victory . . . or some other favorable event raises your s p i r i t s , and you think good days are preparing for you. Do not believe i t . Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. - Emerson, Self Reliance Prom the very beginning of his campaign with Johnson to preserve the region surrounding Yosemite, Muir saw that it would be necessary to return Yosemite Valley to federal control. But he also knew t h a t the issue was l i k e l y to be a sensitive subject: These Californians now sleeping in apathy, caring only for what "pays," would then blaze up as did the Devil when touched by I t h u r i e l ' s spear. A man may not appreciate his wife, but l e t her daddie try to take her back! The question of recession smoldered through the middle nineties, while Muir and other r a d i c a l s l i k e C.E. Robinson became anxious about the S t a t e ' s poor management. Robinson, in his fiery s tyle, accused the Sierra Club of the same apathy that Muir attributed to a l l Californians. "The Sierra Club . . . has a mere existence for i t s own pleasure - that is a l l , " he said. |