John Burroughs Quotes


We cannot walk through life on mountain peaks.


Citations

Burroughs, John. The Summit of the Years. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, p. 293.

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John Burroughs
John Burroughs
  • Born: April 3, 1837
  • Died: March 29, 1921
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer, Naturalist

John Burroughs was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871.