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

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
Order
Nature
May
Way
Behold
Eternal
Ways

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