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I find that something one gets from Emerson in early life does not leave him when he grows old.

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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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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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Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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The distribution of plants in a given locality is not more marked and defined than that of the birds. Show a botanist a landscape, and he will tell you where to look for the lady’s-slipper, the columbine, or the harebell.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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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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The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That’s Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
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To still others, who again have their human prototypes, it means a struggle, more or less fierce, to keep soul and body together; while to many insect forms, it means death.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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If you think you can do it, you can.
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Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.
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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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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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One of the most graceful of warriors is the robin. I know few prettier sights than two males challenging and curveting about each other upon the grass in early spring. Their attentions to each other are so courteous and restrained.
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