Quote of the Day
“The lesson which life constantly repeats is to ‘look under your feet.’
You are always nearer to the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.”
John Burroughs
Quote of the Day
Writer John Burroughs, born on April 3, 1837, followed in the path of Henry David Thoreau composing American nature essays. The former farmer & Treasury worker befriended Walt Whitman, John Muir & traveled with President Theodore Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park.
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Sources
- John Burroughs:
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/april-03 - Source of Quote: Studies in Nature & Literature
- Camping with President Theodore Roosevelt:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1906/05/camping-with-president-theodore-roosevelt/307260/ - John Burroughs:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Burroughs