Top 10 Quotes by William Bartram

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

William Bartram

Inspirational, Thank You, Gratitude

William Bartram (1955). “Travels of William Bartram”, p.63, Courier Corporation

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.

William Bartram

Perseverance, Animal, Order

William Bartram (1958). “The Travels of William Bartram”, p.57, University of Georgia Press

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view.

William Bartram

Nature, Views, Order

William Bartram (1958). “The Travels of William Bartram”, p.31, University of Georgia Press

The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur.

William Bartram

Travel, Journey, May

William Bartram (1792). “Travels Through North and South Carolina: Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges Or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. ... Embellished with Copper-plates”, p.8

Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

William Bartram

Nature, Rivers, December

William Bartram (1958). “The Travels of William Bartram”, p.58, University of Georgia Press

Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.

William Bartram

Bird, Tribes, Abandoned

William Bartram (1793). “Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, etc. [With plates and a map.]”, p.23

Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes.

William Bartram

Animal, Bird, Substance

William Bartram (2012). “Travels of William Bartram”, p.26, Courier Corporation

Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels.

William Bartram

Men, Turkeys, Bird

William Bartram (2012). “Travels of William Bartram”, p.42, Courier Corporation

The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.

William Bartram

Attachment, Faithful, Affection

William Bartram (2012). “Travels of William Bartram”, p.21, Courier Corporation