A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost. John Burroughs equalfrostfruit Change image and share on social
Emerson's fame as a writer and thinker was firmly established during his lifetime by the books he gave to the world. John Burroughs bookemersonestablish Change image and share on social
If one gains an interest in the history of the earth, he is quite sure to gain an interest in the history of the life on the earth. If the former illustrates the theory of development, so must the latter. The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist. John Burroughs developmentearthevolutionist share on social
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter. John Burroughs admirationbeautyequal Change image and share on social
More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value is in what he suggests and implies rather than in what he portrays, and more than any other poet must he wait to be understood by the growth of the taste of himself. John Burroughs greatgrowthimply share on social
The Infinite cannot be measured. The plan of Nature is so immense, but she has no plan, no scheme, but to go on and on forever. What is size, what is time, distance, to the Infinite? Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end. John Burroughs begindistanceend share on social
The love of nature is a different thing from the love of science, though the two may go together. John Burroughs lovenaturescience Change image and share on social
I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth. John Burroughs countrydistrictkind Change image and share on social
We now use the word 'nature' very much as our fathers used the word 'God.' John Burroughs fathergodnature Change image and share on social
The red squirrel is more common and less dignified than the gray, and oftener guilty of petty larceny about the barns and grain-fields. John Burroughs barncommondignify Change image and share on social
