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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.

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Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
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When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type.
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To be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
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He is a reversion to an earlier type, the type of the bard, the skald, the poet-seer.
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I am for 100 per cent Americanism, 100 per cent efficiency, and 100 per cent life. I expect to live to be 100 years old.
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All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
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To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter.
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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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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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Better Deed Greatest Intention Small
Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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The fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top.
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If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them.
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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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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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Did Nobody Once Somebody Want
The common bees will never use their sting upon the queen; if she is to be disposed of, they starve her to death, and the queen herself will sting nothing but royalty, nothing but a rival queen.
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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
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