It seems to me that evolution adds greatly to the wonder of life because it takes it out of the realm of the arbitrary, the exceptional, and links it to the sequence of natural causation.
JOHN BURROUGHSSome men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
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Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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We now use the word ‘nature’ very much as our fathers used the word ‘God.’
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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
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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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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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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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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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To be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
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Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.
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Emerson’s fame as a writer and thinker was firmly established during his lifetime by the books he gave to the world.
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To strong, susceptible characters, the music of nature is not confined to sweet sounds.
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The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all riders is a cheerful heart.
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To many forms of life of our northern lands, winter means a long sleep; to others, it means what it means to many fortunate human beings – travels in warm climes.
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