What pushed John Muir to become the pioneering environmentalist and founder of the Sierra Club?
1867: A sawmill is running at full speed with a terri... ...more
In 1832, in Canterbury, Connecticut, a “charming and picturesque” little school for young girls opens to accommodate around twenty residents.
Educati... ...more
"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a ... ...more
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