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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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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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It seems at times as if they possessed some extra sense – the home sense – which operates unerringly.
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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.
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If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them.
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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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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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In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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