Education Quote by William Beebe

“The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.”

William Beebe

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“And so the marvels of nature go on evolving,---wheels within wheels”

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The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet…

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The longer we were in it, the smaller it seemed to get.

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To write honestly and with conviction anything about the migration of birds, one should oneself have migrated. Somehow or other we should dehumanize ourselves,…

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The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the…

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To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King.

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“Before we have the complete solution of the whys and wherefores of herding and flocking and schooling, there must be a great deal of…

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I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey…

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When ... we realize the possibilities of deep sea life still unknown to us, every haul of the dredge should be welcomed by an…

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Earth has few secrets from the birds.

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Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped…

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“……but work in the field has nothing to do with dignity or with anything except patience, concentration, and eternal vigilance”

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