How many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives, and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
JOHN BURROUGHSSome 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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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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There is a great deal of speculation in the eye of an animal, but very little science.
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To strong, susceptible characters, the music of nature is not confined to sweet sounds.
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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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You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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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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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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Summer is more wooing and seductive, more versatile and human, appeals to the affections and the sentiments, and fosters inquiry and the art impulse.
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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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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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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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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think.
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I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth.
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To regard the soul and body as one, or to ascribe to consciousness a physiological origin, is not detracting from its divinity; it is rather conferring divinity upon the body.
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The Infinite cannot be measured. The plan of Nature is so immense, but she has no plan, no scheme, but to go on and on forever. What is size, what is time, distance, to the Infinite?
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