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Nature writing2 quotes
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. — John Burroughs · 1912One goes to Nature only for hints and half truths. Her facts are crude until you have absorbed them or translated them... It is not so much what we see as what the thing seen suggests. — John Burroughs · 1886Philosophical literature1 quote
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. — John Burroughs · 1900Religious literature1 quote
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. — John Burroughs · 1900