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William Henry Hudson, born on August 4, 1841, and died on August 18, 1922, was a renowned British naturalist writer. He is known for his detailed descriptions of the natural world and profound insights into the relationship between humans and nature.

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“Bear in mind that the children of life are the children of joy; that the lower animals are only unhappy when made so by man; that man alone of all the creatures, has "found out many inventions", the chief of which appears to be the art of making himself miserable, and of seeing all Nature stained with that dark and hateful colour.”

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“Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.”

Young Animal Class Objects Strange Shrinks

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.”

Animal Existence Exception Monkeys

Book:The Collected Works of W.H. Hudson

Source: The Collected Works of W.H. Hudson

“A lifelong intimacy with animals has got me out of the common notion that they are automata with a slight infusion of intelligence in their composition. The mind in beast and bird, as in man, is the main thing.”

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Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

About the Author

Born: August 4, 1841
Died: August 18, 1922
Known for: Author
Quotes: 15

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Books & Sources

Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early LifeRelated source material

Collected WorksRelated source material

The Collected Works of W. H. Hudson: A traveller in little thingsRelated source material

Birds and Green Places: A Selection from the Writings of W.H. HudsonRelated source material

Green MansionsRelated source material

Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical ForestRelated source material

The Collected Works of W. H. Hudson: The book of a naturalistRelated source material

The Collected Works of W.H. HudsonRelated source material

The Purple Land: Being One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Oriental, in South America, as Told by HimselfRelated source material

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