Quote by John Muir
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. – John Muir

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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creations braggart lords. – John Muir

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