England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist, comparatively free from frost in winter and from drought in summer. John Burroughs comparativelycooldrought Change image and share on social
Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations. John Burroughs citycomeeffect Change image and share on social
The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds - how many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives, and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song! John Burroughs aspirationbeautifulbound share on social
Whitman will always be a strange and unwonted figure among his country's poets, and among English poets generally: a cropping out again, after so many centuries, of the old bardic prophetic strain. John Burroughs bardiccenturycountry Change image and share on social
I always feel that I have missed some good fortune if I am away from home when my bees swarm. What a delightful summer sound it is! How they come pouring out of the hive, twenty or thirty thousand bees, each striving to get out first! John Burroughs beedelightfulfeel share on social
The phoebe-bird is a wise architect and perhaps enjoys as great an immunity from danger, both in its person and its nest, as any other bird. Its modest ashen-gray suit is the color of the rocks where it builds, and the moss of which it makes such free use gives to its nest the look of a natural growth or accretion. John Burroughs accretionarchitectashen share on social
Unadulterated, unsweetened observations are what the real nature-lover craves. No man can invent incidents and traits as interesting as the reality. John Burroughs craveincidentinterest Change image and 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
Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields and woods, and you will find it a source of perennial delight. John Burroughs bookbotanydelight Change image and share on social
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another. John Burroughs factimaginationimagine Change image and share on social