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Like tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities – political, commercial, sociological, scientific – of the times in which I have lived.

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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
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The homing instinct in birds and animals is one of their most remarkable traits: their strong local attachments and their skill in finding their way back when removed to a distance.
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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 have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life.
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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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To strong, susceptible characters, the music of nature is not confined to sweet sounds.
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Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
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I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
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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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The queen, I say, is the mother bee; it is undoubtedly complimenting her to call her a queen and invest her with regal authority, yet she is a superb creature and looks every inch a queen.
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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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Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields and woods, and you will find it a source of perennial delight.
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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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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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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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Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
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