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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

John Burroughs

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John Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 3
Died: 1921
Died: March 29
Essayist
Naturalist
Writer
Delaware County
New York
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Greatest
Wisdom
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Smallest
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Intention

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I am not going to advocate ... the abandoning of the improved modes of travel but I am going to brag as lustily as I can on behalf of the pedestrian, and show how all the shining angels second and accompany the man who goes afoot, while all the dark spirits are ever looking out for a chance to ride.
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Love is the measure of life only so far as we love do we really live.
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One may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth.
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