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Quote by John Burroughs
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in sto

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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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs

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My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. – William Bartram

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Adapt or perish, now as ever, is natures inexorable imperative. – H. G. Wells

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The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. – John Milton

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