Quote of the Day
“The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is ‘look under foot.’ You are always nearer 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 that influenced American thinking (and potentially leadership!). 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