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Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterMoment , Science , Good , Man
It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterWhere , Way , Place , Observing
A kestrel can and does hover in the dead calm of summer days, when there is not the faintest breath of wind. He will, and does, hover in the still, soft atmosphere of early autumn, when the gossamer falls in showers, coming straight down as if it were raining silk.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterWind , Down , Calm , Autumn
If every plant and flower were found in all places, the charm of locality would not exist. Everything varies, and that gives the interest.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterEverything , Places , Plant , Flower
Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterGreat , Alone , Library , Exploration
When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention by its strongly marked prominence is the remarkable loneliness of man. He stands alone.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterMind , Man , Alone , Loneliness
That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterMe , Beauty , Soul , Divine
Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterLife , Now , Eternity , Immortal
The workman in the true sense of the word - the artist in guns - is either extinct, or hidden in an obscure corner. There is no individuality about modern guns. One is exactly like another.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterLike , True , Artist , Hidden
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.
Author: Richard Jefferies - English WriterLife , Fear , Watching , Birds