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John James Audubon
John James Audubon
American Scientist
Born: Apr 26, 1785
Died: Jan 27, 1851
Day Good Life Me Nature Work
Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming
Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy. John James Audubon
Life Family Me Happy Grateful Eyes Affection Numerous Possessing Abandoned Members Lift Never Share Feel Towards Supreme Make Supreme Being Am Dear Surrounded Friends Being Who Agreeable Sufficient Enjoying
Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family. John James Audubon
Smile Great Family You Welcome Men Assure Way Member Great Men About Particular Particular Way Politeness Were Show Keep
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. John James Audubon
Environmental Man World Fathers Borrowed Given True Knows His Children Who
To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule. John James Audubon
Kindness Religion Will Rule Evils Practise Repay Forever Taught
But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns. John James Audubon
Hope Best Great Birds Distance Flying Hopes Guns Seldom Reached Shy
A few days of idleness have completely sickened me, and given me what is called the blue-devils so severely, that I feel that the sooner I go to work and drive them off, the better. John James Audubon
Work Me Better Drive Few Given Feel Sooner Days Idleness Go Off Them
Ah! How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it was not my destiny to waste and pine among those noisome congregations of the city. John James Audubon
God Heart Grateful Mountains Those Destiny City Risen Abroad How Praise Been Pine Often Waste Among
Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. John James Audubon
Music Every Cares Drawing Hunting About Knew Occupied Fishing Them Naught Moment Cared
From the top of a high rock, I obtained a good few of the most extensive and dreary wilderness I ever beheld. It chilled the heart to gaze on these barrens of Labrador. Indeed, I now dread every change of harbor, so horridly rugged and dangerous is the whole coast and country to the eye, and to the experienced man either of the sea or the land. John James Audubon
Good Man Change Heart Dangerous Rugged Country Few Every Gaze Wilderness Top Indeed Dread Eye High Dreary Most Obtained Rock Beheld Experienced Chilled Either Land Harbor Sea Coast Whole Now Ever Extensive
As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature. John James Audubon
Nature Becoming Up Fervently Grew Acquainted
Reader, persons who have never witnessed a hurricane, such as not unfrequently desolates the sultry climates of the south, can scarcely form an idea of their terrific grandeur. One would think that, not content with laying waste all on land, it must needs sweep the waters of the shallows quite dry to quench its thirst. John James Audubon
Needs Think Waters Must Would Hurricane Scarcely Laying Never Idea Reader Dry Terrific Content Witnessed Quench South Quite Form Grandeur Land Persons Sweep Who Waste Thirst
The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops. John James Audubon
Gay Joy Challenge Pure White Grass Crest Air Willow Brooding Shakes Gives Crows He Feels Aloud Gentle Rock Mate His Heavy Chilled Breeze Petals Each Utterance Presence Night
The Golden Eagle, which has universally been considered as a bird of most extraordinary powers of flight, is in my estimation little more than a sluggard, though its wings are long and ample. John James Audubon
Bird Long Extraordinary Considered Though More Wings Most Powers Been Than Golden Which Estimation Little Flight Eagle Ample Universally
To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing. John James Audubon
Good Me Blessing
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America. John James Audubon
Sad Life Success Good Family Three My Life Own Hundred Abandon Must See My Own Never Fail Names Perhaps Institutions Undergo Well Although America Substantial Cannot Again Procure Persons Bodies Many Beloved
One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints. John James Audubon
Beautiful Day Changed Gazed One Day Arrangement How Caught How Much Dolphins Hue Tint Much Richest Twenty Creatures Four
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds. John James Audubon
Man Better Living Birds Our Scarcely Habits Scholar Know Knows Am Than Manage Scribble Meantime Tolerable English Aware Letter
The eggers destroy all the eggs that are sat upon, to force the birds to lay fresh eggs, and by robbing them regularly compel them to lay until nature is exhausted, and so but few young ones are raised. John James Audubon
Nature Exhausted Few Young Birds Destroy Lay Robbing Until Force Fresh Eggs Them Regularly Sat Compel Raised
Go where you will, if a shilling can there be procured, you may expect to meet with individuals in search of it. John James Audubon
You Will Meet Individuals Go Expect May Where Procured Search
The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey have always been to me a subject of great interest, especially as by means of them I have found myself enabled to distinguish one species from another, to the farthest extent of my power of vision. John James Audubon
Myself Great Me Vision Power Birds Our Distinguish Prey Another Always Been Subject Interest Them Modes Means Flight Farthest Found Species Extent

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