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> [For here the religion that languishes in crowded cities or steals shame-faced to hide itself in dim churches, flourishes greatly, filling the soul with a solemn joy. Face to face with Nature on the vast hills at eventide, who does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/for-here-the-religion-that-languishes-in-crowded-cities-or-steals/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

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## More by William Henry Hudson

> [“In going back we must take our present selves with us: the mind has taken a different colour, and this is thrown back upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/in-going-back-we-must-take-our-present-selves-with-us-the-mind-has/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even the hated plantain with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/i-am-not-a-lover-of-lawns-rather-would-i-see-daisies-in-their/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [There are few places in England where you can get so much wildness and desolation of sea and sandhills, wood, green marsh and grey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/there-are-few-places-in-england-where-you-can-get-so-much-wildness/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [“Of all the people I have ever known you are the only one I don't know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/of-all-the-people-i-have-ever-known-you-are-the-only-one-i-don-t-know/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [For here the religion that languishes in crowded cities or steals shame-faced to hide itself in dim churches, flourishes greatly, filling the soul with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/for-here-the-religion-that-languishes-in-crowded-cities-or-steals/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [There are many Green Dragons in this world of wayside inns, even as there are many White Harts, Red Lions, Silent Women and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/there-are-many-green-dragons-in-this-world-of-wayside-inns-even-as/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/the-puma-is-with-the-exception-of-some-monkeys-the-most-playful/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/animals-of-all-classes-old-and-young-shrink-with-instinctive-fear/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [“Boys are always inarticulate where their deepest feelings are concerned; however much they may desire it they cannot express kind and sympathetic feelings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/boys-are-always-inarticulate-where-their-deepest-feelings-are/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/now-that-we-are-cool-he-said-and-regret-that-we-hurt-each-other-i-am/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/we-know-that-our-senses-are-subject-to-decay-that-from-our-middle/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [“The most dreadful scenes, the worst in Dante's Inferno, for example, can be visualized by the inner eye; and sounds, too, are conveyed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/the-most-dreadful-scenes-the-worst-in-dante-s-inferno-for-example-can/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [“One extraordinary feature of the private quintas or orchards and plantations in the vicinity of the Saladeros was the walls or hedges. These were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/one-extraordinary-feature-of-the-private-quintas-or-orchards-and/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [“The British boy suffers the greatest restraint during the period when the call of nature, the instincts of play and adventure, are most urgent.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/the-british-boy-suffers-the-greatest-restraint-during-the-period-when/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

> [“It was only one of a dozen or twenty vocations which he had taken up at various times, only to drop them again as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-hudson/it-was-only-one-of-a-dozen-or-twenty-vocations-which-he-had-taken-up/)

[William Henry Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-hudson/)

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