Humanize your facts to the extent of making them interesting, if you have the art to do it, but leave the dog a dog, and the straddle-bug a straddle-bug.
John Burroughs
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Ways of Nature (1905); Exact wording and attribution checked. Essays on observing wildlife honestly and on the emotional relationship between humans and nature.
- Ways of Nature (1905)
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