John James
John James
giving-up bird listening
Never give up listening to the sounds of birds.
book believe bird
When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.
nature children father
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.
hunting fishing drawing
Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.
men two massachusetts
Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland.
men circles can-not
Every man is the center of a circle, whose fatal circumference he can not pass.
fall blood illusions-of-grandeur
All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creators power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.