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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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- “Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a ma…”John Burroughs
- “Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did…”John Burroughs
- “The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable…”John Burroughs
- “He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.”John Burroughs
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- “Wild GeeseYou do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the des…”Mary Oliver
- “As children we were bombarded by competing answers. Church says one thing, school another. Now as adults it's…”Robert Lanza
- “Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Books by John Burroughs
Winter Sunshine
1895