When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse is cured of his fright at the robe, or the meal-bag, or other object, as soon as he can be induced to smell it.
JOHN BURROUGHSI still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Whitman was Emerson translated from the abstract into the concrete.
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Whitman will always be a strange and unwonted figure among his country’s poets, and among English poets generally: a cropping out again, after so many centuries, of the old bardic prophetic strain.
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The dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show anger at the door that slammed to and hit him. Probably, if the door held him by his tail or his limb, it would quickly receive the imprint of his teeth.
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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
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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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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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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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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
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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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Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consciousness.
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To many forms of life of our northern lands, winter means a long sleep; to others, it means what it means to many fortunate human beings – travels in warm climes.
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The building of cities and towns, the cutting down of forests, and the draining of pools and swamps have deprived American birds of their original homes and food supply.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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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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The love of nature is a different thing from the love of science, though the two may go together.
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