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I have discovered the secret of happiness – it is work, either with the hands or the head.

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We talk of communing with Nature, but ’tis with ourselves we commune.
JOHN BURROUGHS

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As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.
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It 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.
JOHN BURROUGHS

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Unadulterated, unsweetened observations are what the real nature-lover craves. No man can invent incidents and traits as interesting as the reality.
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Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
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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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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
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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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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 distribution of plants in a given locality is not more marked and defined than that of the birds. Show a botanist a landscape, and he will tell you where to look for the lady’s-slipper, the columbine, or the harebell.
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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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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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think.
JOHN BURROUGHS

Each Find Short Still Think Through Too
Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.
JOHN BURROUGHS

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