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Show 485, language and s p i r i t of the Sierra Club's "Articles of Incorporation," but also suggested his disenchantment with the direct influence one man was l i k e l y to have on an impersonal government. The Parks and Reserves would have to appeal to a wide range of visitors, and Muir was w i l l i n g to soften his standards in order to influence a wide group of humans, like members of the Sierra Club. A modern commentary must make d i s t i n c t i o n s between the kinds of recreation which might be encouraged, even if Muir avoided drawing sharp l i n e s . At issue i s the phrase "render accessible" in the Sierra Club's A r t i c l e s . Buried in this phrase was the r e l a t i o n s h i p between roads, developed accommodations in Parks and Reserves, and the " s t y l e s " of recreation which might be encouraged. After a l l , the ease of access, the comfort of accommodations, and the kind of recreational t r a i l s and f a c i l i t i e s , would determine the kind of ecological consciousness which was produced by the Parks and Reserves. And the Sierra Club involved i t s e l f in these kinds of decisions from the very beginning, as an advocate of roads and t r a i l s in Yosemite and elsewhere, and p a r t i c u l a r l y as an organizer of outings. Even on the 1895 excursion, Muir, Lukens, and a San Francisco lawyer named Mountford S. Wilson had discussed securing government ownership of what were s t i l l Yosemite t o l l roads. The Sierra Club would continue to encourage developing private means of access by r a i l r o a d , would also lobby for improved and more extensive public roads, and would in addition become i t s e lf |