Douglas Dewar Quote

Only those who have come under the sway of the charm of birds can appreciate to what an extent the "joie de vivre" is enhanced by an acquaintance with them. Interest in the feathered hosts, when once aroused in a man, will never flag or wane.


Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, (1908), The Birds of India (p. 623)


Only those who have come under the sway of the charm of birds can appreciate to what an extent the joie de vivre is enhanced by an acquaintance with...

Only those who have come under the sway of the charm of birds can appreciate to what an extent the joie de vivre is enhanced by an acquaintance with...

Only those who have come under the sway of the charm of birds can appreciate to what an extent the joie de vivre is enhanced by an acquaintance with...

Only those who have come under the sway of the charm of birds can appreciate to what an extent the joie de vivre is enhanced by an acquaintance with...