As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
JOHN BURROUGHS
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.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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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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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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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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The life of a swarm of bees is like an active and hazardous campaign of an army: the ranks are being continually depleted and continually recruited.
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Nature teaches more than she preaches.
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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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It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
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The common bees will never use their sting upon the queen; if she is to be disposed of, they starve her to death, and the queen herself will sting nothing but royalty, nothing but a rival queen.
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My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.
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Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls.
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