The building of cities and towns, the cutting down of forests, and the draining of pools and swamps have deprived American birds of their original homes and food supply.
JOHN BURROUGHS
Leap, and the net will appear.
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The building of cities and towns, the cutting down of forests, and the draining of pools and swamps have deprived American birds of their original homes and food supply.
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The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all riders is a cheerful heart.
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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
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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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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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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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The pond-lily is a star and easily takes the first place among lilies; and the expeditions to her haunts, and the gathering her where she rocks upon the dark.
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How many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives, and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
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If one gains an interest in the history of the earth, he is quite sure to gain an interest in the history of the life on the earth. If the former illustrates the theory of development, so must the latter.
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All the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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