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Show Why Burroughs Was HapPJ I am in love with this world' b my constitution I have nestled 'l0 lngly in It. It has been home, i, has been my point of outlook Into th universe. I have not bruised my)tt against it, nor tried to use it gnotllj I have tilled its soil, I have gatherej Its harvests, I have waited upon in seasons, and always have I reaped what I have sown. While I delved I did not lose sight of the sky ,Ta, head. While I gathered Its bread ind meat for my body, I did not neglect to gather Its bread and meat for mi soul. I have climbed its mountilni, roamed Its forests, sailed Its waters crossed Its deserts, felt the sting of Its frosts, the oppression of Its heats, and always have beauty and Jo; waited upon my goings and comingi John Burroughs, Naturalist |