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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
John Burroughs
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John Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 3
Died: 1921
Died: March 29
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Delaware County
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The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
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Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth.
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
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Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.
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