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John Burroughs, The Summit of the Years Quotes: I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.
         

I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.


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I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.
         



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