"For here the religion that languishes in crowded……" — 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 a solemn joy. Face to face with Nature on the vast hills at eventide, who does not feel himself near to the Unseen?"
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William Henry Hudson
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11 Quotes by William Henry Hudson
William Henry Hudson has 11 quotes on this site.
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Bear in mind that the children of life are the children of joy; that the lower animals are only unhappy…
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Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem....…
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There are many Green Dragons in this world of wayside inns, even as there are many White Harts, Red Lions,…
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Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.
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The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.
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We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time;…
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A lifelong intimacy with animals has got me out of the common notion that they are automata with a slight…
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Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it…
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I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even…
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You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.
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