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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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A man can fail many times, but he isnt a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. – John Burroughs

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