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Quote by John Burroughs
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs

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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another. – John Burroughs

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Reality
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs

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Society
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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. – John Burroughs

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Birds
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History is the action and reaction of these two, nature and thought – two boys pushing each other on the curbstone of the pavement. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life: Fate

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It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. – Henry A. Kissinger

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History

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. – Arthur Erickson

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History

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books – but it is terrible when one has to live it. – Jean Anouilh

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History

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You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, Look, were in the same city, were in the same building, for Gods sake, the U.N. Lets just sit down and begin to talk peace. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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What is does a person profit if they gain the whole world and lose their soul. – Bible

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Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I dont need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed. – Jennifer Morrison

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