The Breath of Life. E-book. Formato PDF John Burroughs   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

S life nears its end with me, I find myself medi tating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world. In these studies I fancy I am about as far from mastering the mystery as the ant which I saw this morning industriously exploring a small section of the garden walk is from getting a clear idea of the geography of the North American Conti nent. But the ant was occupied and was apparently happy, and she must have learned something about a small fraction of that part of the earth's surface.

Field and Study. E-book. Formato PDF John Burroughs   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The migrating wild creatures, whether birds or beasts, always arrest the attention. They seem to link up animal life with the great currents of the globe. It is moving day on a continental scale. It is the call of the primal instinct to increase and multiply, suddenly setting in motion whole tribes and races. The first phoebe-bird, the first song sparrow, the first robin or bluebird in March or early April, is like the first ripple of the rising tide on the shore.

Accepting the Universe: Essays in Naturalism. E-book. Formato PDF John Burroughs   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

My reader need hardly be told that theological grounds do not count with me. I want nothing less than a faith founded upon a rock, faith in the con stitution of things. The various man-made creeds are fictitious, like the constellations Orion, Cas siopeia's Chair, the Big Dipper; the only thing real in them is the stars, and the only thing real in the creeds is the soul's aspiration toward the Infinite. This abides, though creeds and dogmas change or vanish.