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....success in walking is not to let your right foot know what your left foot doeth. Your heart must furnish such music that in keeping time to it your feet will carry you around the globe without knowing it.

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
Without
Carry
Right
Walking
Must
Feet
Doeth
Heart
Knowing
Furnish
Time
Success
Globe
Left
Globes
Around
Foot
Music
Keeping

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