“To write honestly and with conviction anything about the migration of birds, one should oneself have migrated. Somehow or other we should dehumanize ourselves, feel the feel of feathers on our body and wind in our wings, and finally know what it is to leave abundance and safety and daylight and yield to a compelling instinct, age-old, seeming at the time quite devoid of reason and object.” KnowsFeelsShouldWritingReasonBodyAgeObjectsWindBirdSafetyWingsInstinctOneselfConvictionHonestlyAbundanceYieldCompellingFeathersDaylightSeemingMigration Book:A Naturalist's Life of New York Source: A Naturalist's Life of New York
“When ... we realize the possibilities of deep sea life still unknown to us, every haul of the dredge should be welcomed by an expectant enthusiasm equaled in other fields only by the possible hope of communication with our sister planets.” ShouldStillsRealizingSeaFieldsPossibilityPlanetsCommunicationOceanEnthusiasmExplorationHaulSea LifeDeep SeaOcean Exploration Author:William Beebe
