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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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
New York
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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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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How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know.
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The art of nature is all in the direction of concealment.
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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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The place to observe nature is where you are.
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We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry.
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Science makes no claim to infallibility it leaves that claim to be made by theologians.
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Then, again, how annoying to be told it is only five miles to the next place when it is really eight or ten!
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The International Court of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) is the judicial branch of the United Nations and in the early 1990's a campaign started and it was supported by civil society non-governmental groups around the world.
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Temperament lies behind mood behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture and finally the power of climate and environment and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
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There are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons. There are about 27,000 nuclear weapons total on the planet. The countries that have nuclear weapons deploy them ready for use and have doctrines saying that they would use them in certain circumstances.
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