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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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- “One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.”John Burroughs
Nature: more sayings
- “Don't spend your days sitting around waiting for something to happen. Get outside and make it happen!Live lik…”Karen Gibbs
- “...the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility…”Wendell Berry
- “My equation with Abhinav Shukla has become better. During 'Bigg Boss 14,' we would not see each other eye-to-…”Rahul Vaidya
God: more sayings
- “So bring me this man, trembling and shivering from head to foot; let me fall into his arms or down at his kne…”Victor Hugo
- “I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how f…”James Otis
- “The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, where…”J. C. Ryle
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Books by John Burroughs
Winter Sunshine
1895