Author: Gilbert White

Quotes

The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.

The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.

- Gilbert White

It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.

It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.

- Gilbert White

Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.

Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.

- Gilbert White

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