Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.

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My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a...

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a...

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am...

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am...

To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was...

To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was...

I waged war against my feelings.

I waged war against my feelings.

Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.

Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by...

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by...

After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home...

After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home...

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures......

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures......

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared...

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared...

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely...

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely...

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and...

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and...

Duruing all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her...

Duruing all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her...

I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine.

I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a...

How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a...

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or...

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or...

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded...

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded...

The mercantile business did not suit me.

The mercantile business did not suit me.