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One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

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
Things
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Littles
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Rise
Years
Funny
Always
Inspirational

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