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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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All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
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Bird Cook Corroborative Crow Evidence Incipient Spring
As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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Nature Other Phase Probably Rock Study
Leap, and the net will appear.
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Appear Leap Net Will
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
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Advice Bad Certain Earth Hardly Man Positively Take Unless
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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Heaven Kingdom Mind Place State
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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Accept Alone Fast Go Guide Hold Science Sole Take Theology Verifiable
We talk of communing with Nature, but ’tis with ourselves we commune.
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Communing Nature Ourselves Talk We
You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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Always Divine Near Power Source Think True
How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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Bristling Bud Climate Concept Congenial Grown Human Many Nature Promise Thorn
England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist, comparatively free from frost in winter and from drought in summer.
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Always Comparitively Country Drought Green Margin Near Run Source Spring Summer Winter
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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Better Deed Greatest Intention Small
Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
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City Come Effect Generation Sometimes Through Worry
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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Authority Call Compliment Creature Invest Look Mother Queen Say Superb Undount
Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.
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Aspiration Book Experience Father Knew Much Peculalr Religious Seal
Nature teaches more than she preaches.
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More Nature Preach Teach
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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Both Favorite Fortunate Life Lucky Seem Star Tide Under

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