John Burroughs

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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

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Learning from nature Nature

Author

John Burroughs

Source

Time and Change

Genre

Nature writing

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Gospel of Nature." Time and Change. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

John Burroughs

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Grass is always greener Bloom where you're planted Opportunities

Author

John Burroughs

Source

The Divine Soil The Atlantic

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Divine Soil." The Atlantic, Apr. 1908.

Serene, I fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For lo! my own shall come to me.

John Burroughs

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Waiting Patience

Author

John Burroughs

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

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Burroughs, John. "Waiting." The Knickerbocker. New York, Mar. 1863.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

John Burroughs

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Topic

The mind

Author

John Burroughs

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Modern Skeptic." The Light of Day. Houghton Mifflin, 1900.

One 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

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Topic

Learning from nature Nature

Author

John Burroughs

Genre

Nature writing

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Burroughs, John. "A Sharp Lookout." Signs and Seasons. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886.

Current Citation

Burroughs, John. "A Sharp Lookout." Signs and Seasons. Syracuse University Press, 2006.