If one gains an interest in the history of the earth, he is quite sure to gain an interest in the history of the life on the earth. If the former illustrates the theory of development, so must the latter.
JOHN BURROUGHSMore than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value is in what he suggests and implies rather than in what he portrays, and more than any other poet must he wait to be understood by the growth of the taste of himself.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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The trunk of a tree is like a community where only one generation at a time is engaged in active business, the great mass of the population being retired and adding solidity and permanence to the social organism.
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Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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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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The red squirrel is more common and less dignified than the gray, and oftener guilty of petty larceny about the barns and grain-fields.
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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
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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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I crave and seek a natural explanation of all phenomena upon this earth, but the word ‘natural’ to me implies more than mere chemistry and physics.
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Secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
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A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
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Nature teaches more than she preaches.
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Only man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.
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The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That’s Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
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