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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

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A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

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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.

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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 Creator's power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.

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July 2. A beautiful day for Labrador. Went ashore and killed nothing, but was pleased with what I saw. The country is so grandly wild and desolate that I am charmed by its wonderful dreariness.

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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.

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In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

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Patiently and with industry did I apply myself to study, for although I felt the impossibility of giving life to my productions, I did not abandon the idea of representing nature.

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My wife determined that my genius should prevail, and that my final success as an ornithologist should be triumphant.

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I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 26th, 1785

Died: January 27th, 1851

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