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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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Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these. – John Burroughs

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Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth. – John Burroughs

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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured. – Paul Cezanne

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