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Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.

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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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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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The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all riders is a cheerful heart.
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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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I crave and seek a natural explanation of all phenomena upon this earth, but the word ‘natural’ to me implies more than mere chemistry and physics.
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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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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
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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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Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as if it were riveted to the body.
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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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As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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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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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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Secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
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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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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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