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John Burroughs Quotes:

Ocupation: Essayist

Life: April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921

Birthday: April 3

Death: March 29

The bluebird enjoys the preeminence of being the first bit of color that cheers our northern landscape. The other birds that arrive about the same time--the sparrow, the robin, the phoebe-bird--are clad in neutral tints, gray, brown, or russet; but the bluebird brings one of the primary hues and the divinest of them all.

- John Burroughs

topic: Cheer, Color, Bird, Bluebird

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