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What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel.

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
Artist
Wintertime
Marble
Severe
Canvas
Winter
Pigments
Master
Chisel
Masters
Chisels
Longer
Pigment

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