The Birds I Heard Today, Which, Fortunately, Did Not Come Within The Scope Of My Science, Sang As Freshly As If It Had Been The First Morning Of Creation.

The Birds I Heard Today, Which, Fortunately, Did Not Come Within The Scope Of My Science, Sang As Freshly As If It Had Been The First Morning Of Creation.

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The birds I heard today, which, fortunately, did not come within the scope
of my science, sang as freshly as if it had been the first morning of
creation.
-- Henry David Thoreau

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