The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
JOHN BURROUGHSIt seems to me that evolution adds greatly to the wonder of life because it takes it out of the realm of the arbitrary, the exceptional, and links it to the sequence of natural causation.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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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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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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Secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
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We now use the word ‘nature’ very much as our fathers used the word ‘God.’
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We talk of communing with Nature, but ’tis with ourselves we commune.
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A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
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Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consciousness.
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Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.
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Nature teaches more than she preaches.
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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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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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Only man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.
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England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.
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Not so the oven-bird, or the other birds that walk, as the cow-bunting, or the quail, or the crow. They move the head forward with the movement of the feet.
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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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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
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On the same principles, the ornithologist will direct you where to look for the greenlets, the wood-sparrow, or the chewink.
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To be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.
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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
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Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.
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If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. And the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.
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