Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me? -John James Audubon

 

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?


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After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me that I shall ever enjoy more peace of mind, and even Physical comfort than I can meet with in any portion of the world beside.

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As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature. -John James Audubon
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I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children.

John James Audubon
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A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

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I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could. -John James Audubon
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I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.

John James Audubon
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