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1 " ……but work in the field has nothing to do with dignity or with anything except patience, concentration, and eternal vigilance "
― William Beebe
2 " The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, - melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man. "
― William Beebe , The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year
3 " The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer, but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. "
4 " Before we have the complete solution of the whys and wherefores of herding and flocking and schooling, there must be a great deal of uncomfortable climbing and diving, hiding in unpleasant places, getting wet and hot and cramped and weary. "
5 " These words should be ready for instant use by every honest scientist - 'I don't know. "
6 " And so the marvels of nature go on evolving,---wheels within wheels "
