In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

Quote by John James Audubon

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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...

The mercantile business did not suit me.

The mercantile business did not suit me.

I waged war against my feelings.

I waged war against my feelings.

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...

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......

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.

But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best...

But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best...

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...

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions,...

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions,...

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...

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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 the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected...

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected...

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

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.

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...