All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better.

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• John Burroughs:

  The country is more of a wilderness, more of a wild solitude, in the winter than in the summer. The

• John Burroughs:

  When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his ha

• John Burroughs:

  A plump, well-fed stream is as satisfying to behold as a well-fed animal or a thrifty tree. One sou

• John Burroughs:

  The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all

• John Burroughs:

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• John Burroughs:

  Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage

• John Burroughs:

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• John Burroughs:

  Nearly every season, I make the acquaintance of one or more new flowers. It takes years to exhaust

• John Burroughs:

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• John Burroughs:

  Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools;