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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.

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The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by molecule.
JOHN BURROUGHS

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You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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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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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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I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.
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My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.
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Where country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails.
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Nature furnishes the conditions – the solitude – and the soul furnishes the entertainment.
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We now use the word ‘nature’ very much as our fathers used the word ‘God.’
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Father God Must Nature Now Our Use Word
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
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Learn New Path Something Took Yesterday
I find that something one gets from Emerson in early life does not leave him when he grows old.
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Early Emerson Find Get Grow Leave Old One Something
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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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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Cloud Dispel Great Help Lamp Light Maple October Room Window
If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them.
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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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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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Exolutionist Geologist Pretty Sure

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