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How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

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John Burroughs

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837-March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement. According to biographers at the American Memory project at the Library of Congress, John Burroughs was the most important practitioner after Thoreau of that especially American literary genre, the nature essay.

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    wie schön Blätter alt werden. wie licht- und farbenreich sind ihre letzten Tage.

    comme les feuilles vieillissent magnifiquement. comme leurs derniers jours sont pleins de lumière et de couleurs.

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