I cannot write at all, but if I could how could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? I will not write at all. (John James Audubon)

I cannot write at all, but if I could how could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? I will not write at all.

John James Audubon

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