John Burroughs was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871.
In the words of his biographer Edward Renehan, Burroughs' special identity was less that of a scientific naturalist than that of "a literary naturalist with a duty to record his own unique perceptions of the natural world." The result was a body of work whose resonance with the tone of its cultural moment explains both its popularity at that time, and its relative obscurity since. Wikipedia
Time and Change, p. 2 (1912)
Preface
The Light of Day (1900)
Fuente: The Light of Day (1900), Ch. X: Religious Truth
Fuente: The Light of Day (1900), Ch. XI: Points of View
“We are here to see and contemplate the great spectacle.”
Fuente: Accepting the Universe (1920), p.10
Fuente: The Light of Day (1900), Ch. II: From the Artificial to the Natural
