"On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver."
― William Bartram
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More From William Bartram
- "My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view."
- "Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes."
- "If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose."
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- "The most successful people I’ve worked with, like the Rolling Stones – people of a different, kind of legendary caliber – have such great, warm energy."― Christina Aguilera
- "The ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great."― Abbie Hoffman
- "The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution."― J. K. Rowling