The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
JOHN BURROUGHSWithout the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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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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We are beginning to see that money, after all, is not the main thing. The real values cannot be bought and sold.
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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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There is a great deal of speculation in the eye of an animal, but very little science.
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The homing instinct in birds and animals is one of their most remarkable traits: their strong local attachments and their skill in finding their way back when removed to a distance.
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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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Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often.
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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.
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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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I have discovered the secret of happiness – it is work, either with the hands or the head.
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England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.
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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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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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Emerson stands apart from the other poets and essayists of New England, and of English literature generally, as of another order.
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