The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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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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We are beginning to see that money, after all, is not the main thing. The real values cannot be bought and sold.
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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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I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life.
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Unadulterated, unsweetened observations are what the real nature-lover craves. No man can invent incidents and traits as interesting as the reality.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
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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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The queen, I say, is the mother bee; it is undoubtedly complimenting her to call her a queen and invest her with regal authority, yet she is a superb creature and looks every inch a queen.
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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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As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.
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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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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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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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