Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped my thoughts had shifted to rocks. — William Beebe Copy Share Image
“And so the marvels of nature go on evolving,---wheels within wheels” — William Beebe Copy Share Image
The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
To write honestly and with conviction anything about the migration of birds, one should oneself have migrated. Somehow or other we should dehumanize ourselves, feel the feel of feathers on our body and wind in our wings, and finally know what it is to leave abundance and safety and daylight and yield to a compelling instinct, age-old, seeming at the… — William Beebe Copy Share
The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living. — William Beebe Copy Share Image
The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
“Before we have the complete solution of the whys and wherefores of herding and flocking and schooling, there must be a great deal of… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
When ... we realize the possibilities of deep sea life still unknown to us, every haul of the dredge should be welcomed by an… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
