Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
JOHN BURROUGHSIt is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Man has climbed up from some lower animal form, but he has, as it were, pulled the ladder up after him.
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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
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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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We are really here to be happy and to make others happy.
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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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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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Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls.
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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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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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You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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I am for 100 per cent Americanism, 100 per cent efficiency, and 100 per cent life. I expect to live to be 100 years old.
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Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.
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On the same principles, the ornithologist will direct you where to look for the greenlets, the wood-sparrow, or the chewink.
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How many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives, and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
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