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Quote by John Burroughs
When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the s

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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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs

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