Nature teaches more than she preaches.
JOHN BURROUGHSTo still others, who again have their human prototypes, it means a struggle, more or less fierce, to keep soul and body together; while to many insect forms, it means death.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth.
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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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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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Leap, and the net will appear.
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Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of course, the prime factors in developing the intelligence of man.
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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 city, a place to which one goes to do business, is a place where men overreach each other in the fight for money. But it is not a place in which one can live.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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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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Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
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The fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top.
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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
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Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as if it were riveted to the body.
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