7 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Jefferies

Richard Jefferies (1848–1911) was an English writer, antiquary, naturalist, and amateur anthropologist. His best-known works are the romantic novels The Story of Mankind (1885), The Story of the Glastonbury Legend (1884), and All in a Garden Fair (1884). He also wrote numerous essays on anthropology, folklore, and natural history, in particular the study of the Celtic Druids. He published in periodicals such as "The Nineteenth Century", "The Queen", "Nineteenth Century Fiction", "Macmillan's Magazine", "Macmillan's Magazine Monthly", and "Home Life". Besides his many books, Jefferies' essays were collected in "The Chiswick Folksong Book" (1894), which has been called the 'finest collection of folk lore ever published'. His most popular work is his autobiography, "My Life and Times", which was published posthumously in 1911.

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The heart looks into space to be away from earth. Richard Jefferies
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This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness. Richard Jefferies
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Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed. Richard Jefferies
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The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear. Richard Jefferies
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It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures a subdued, quiet, and delicate manner does not go still further. Richard Jefferies
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An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart. Richard Jefferies