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to you, if you would reap the purest pleasures of youth, manhood, and old age, go to the birds and through them be brought within the ennobling influences of nature.” That is mighty fine advice. I would only add “and womanhood” to make it complete.
19th and early 20th century writers were prone to describe birds and their behavior in human terms. The cowbird is described in Birds of Washington and Vicinity as “...an acknowledged villain and has no standing in the bird world. English Sparrows, either because they are not aware of the customs of New World bird life....associate with him (cowbird) but no self-respecting American bird will be found in his company.” That is stating the situation in strong words. Today we speak and write in more objective scientific and ecological terminology though many of us still think in those terms of another era. .
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