Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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John Burroughs Quotes Click here for John Burroughs books John Burroughs' America: Selections from the Writings of the Naturalist "The truths of naturalism do not satisfy the moral and religious nature." "Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral." "Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode." "Under the old dispensation, before the advent of science, when this little world was all, and the sun, moon, and stars were merely fixtures overhead to give light and warmth, the conception of a being adequate to create and control it all was easier." "Science has fairly turned us out of our comfortable little anthropomorphic notion of things into the great out-of-doors of the universe. We must and will get used to the chill, yea, to the cosmic chill, if need be. Our religious instincts will be all the hardier for it." "Hence when the man of science says, 'There is no God,' he only gives voice to the feeling of the inadequacy of the old anthropomorphic conception, in the presence of the astounding facts of the universe." "Science kills credulity and superstition, but to the well-balanced mind it enhances the feeling of wonder, of veneration, and of kinship which we feel in the presence of the miraculous universe." "To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life." |
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