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The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood.

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
Mind
Bones
Winter
Fleshy
Summer
Sinew
Blood
Wintertime
Literature
Tissues
Speak
Bone
Given
June
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