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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
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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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Nature will not be conquered, but gives herself freely to her true lover - to him who revels with her, bathes in her seas, sails her rivers, camps in her woods, and with no mercenary ends, accepts all.
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I go to books and to nature as a bee goes to the flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.
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In fact, the United States is building up its trident nuclear sub fleet in the Pacific, based at Bangor, Washington to build up its capabilities to wage nuclear war.
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If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature.
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.
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I still find each day too short.
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