The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
JOHN BURROUGHSIf 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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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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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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When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse is cured of his fright at the robe, or the meal-bag, or other object, as soon as he can be induced to smell it.
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Man has climbed up from some lower animal form, but he has, as it were, pulled the ladder up after him.
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We are really here to be happy and to make others happy.
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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
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If you think you can do it, you can.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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I am sure I was an evolutionist in the abstract, or by the quality and complexion of my mind, before I read Darwin, but to become an evolutionist in the concrete, and accept the doctrine of the animal origin of man, has not for me been an easy matter.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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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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As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world.
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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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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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