If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
JOHN BURROUGHSOn the same principles, the ornithologist will direct you where to look for the greenlets, the wood-sparrow, or the chewink.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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I am sure I was an evolutionist in the abstract, or by the quality and complexion of my mind, before I read Darwin, but to become an evolutionist in the concrete, and accept the doctrine of the animal origin of man, has not for me been an easy matter.
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My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me.
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Whitman was Emerson translated from the abstract into the concrete.
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If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. And the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.
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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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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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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
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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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The love of nature is a different thing from the love of science, though the two may go together.
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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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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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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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If you think you can do it, you can.
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A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.
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One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury.
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