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About John Burroughs
American naturalist and nature essayist
John Burroughs was an American naturalist and nature essayist. He was active in the conservation movement in the United States and is remembered for writing about the natural world. His first essay collection, Wake-Robin, appeared in 1871. Burroughs’s work helped shape American nature writing, with essays that reflect close attention to landscapes, plants, and wildlife.
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- “Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as i…”John Burroughs
- “The type of mind of Whitman's, which seldom or never emerges as a mere mentality, an independent thinking and…”John Burroughs
Reflections: more sayings
- “When you put an album out, you can't do any material from the album if people are paying to see you.”Patton Oswalt
- “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory i…”Sun Tzu
- “I went through the foot injuries, as well as other things, that have kept me grounded.”Caris LeVert
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Books by John Burroughs
Winter Sunshine
1895