I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth.
JOHN BURROUGHSWhere country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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One of the most graceful of warriors is the robin. I know few prettier sights than two males challenging and curveting about each other upon the grass in early spring. Their attentions to each other are so courteous and restrained.
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Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of course, the prime factors in developing the intelligence of man.
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One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury.
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There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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Emerson is the spokesman and prophet of youth and of a formative, idealistic age. His is a voice from the heights which are ever bathed in the sunshine of the spirit.
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There is a great deal of speculation in the eye of an animal, but very little science.
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I am for 100 per cent Americanism, 100 per cent efficiency, and 100 per cent life. I expect to live to be 100 years old.
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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them.
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Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
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If you think you can do it, you can.
JOHN BURROUGHS