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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 ar
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[Theodore Roosevelt] was a naturalist on the broadest grounds, uniting much technical knowledge with knowledge of the daily lives and habits of all forms of wild life. He probably knew tenfold more natural history than all the presidents who had preceded him, and, I think one is safe in saying, more human history also.
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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another.
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We are made strong by what we overcome.
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What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel...
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If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.
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The secret of happiness is having something meaningful to do, seeking purpose
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Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution.
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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins toblame somebody else and stops trying.
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