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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.

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
Honey
Flower
Goes
Books
Nature
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Bees

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In the order of nature we may behold the ways of the Eternal.
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