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.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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Nearly every season, I make the acquaintance of one or more new flowers. It takes years to exhaust the botanical treasures of any one considerable neighborhood, unless one makes a dead set at it, like an herbalist.
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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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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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In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
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We now use the word ‘nature’ very much as our fathers used the word ‘God.’
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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
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A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.
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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 lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
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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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England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist, comparatively free from frost in winter and from drought in summer.
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There never was a happier or more devoted husband than the male bluebird. He is the gay champion and escort of the female at all times, and while she is sitting, he feeds her regularly.
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
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