public middle schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles, a public high school in Burbank, California, and a private secondary school, John Burroughs School, in St. Louis, Missouri. Burroughs Mountain in Mount Rainier National Park is named in his honor. There was a medal named after John Burroughs and the John Burroughs Association publicly recognizes well-written and illustrated natural history publications. Each year the Burroughs medal is awarded to the author of a distinguished book of natural history, with the presentation made during the Association's annual meeting on the first Monday of April. An award bearing Burroughs name is available to Boy Scouts who attend Seven Ranges Scout Reservation in Kensington, Ohio. The requirements to achieve this award require ample knowledge in the field of plants, rocks and minerals, astronomy, and animals. The award has three levels: bronze, gold, and silver being the highest. Each level requires more knowledge in the given fields. Burroughs Creek in St. Louis County, Missouri, was named to honor him. Famous quotes "The Kingdom of heaven is not a place, but a state of mind." "Leap, and the net will appear." "A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." Works The Complete Writings of John Burroughs totals 23 volumes. The first volume, Wake-Robin, was published in 1871 and subsequent volumes were published regularly until the final volume, The Last Harvest, was published in 1922. The final two volumes, Under the Maples and The Last Harvest, were published posthumously by Clara Barrus. Burroughs also published a biography of John James Audubon, a memoir of his camping trip to Yellowstone with President Theodore Roosevelt, and a volume of poetry titled Bird and Bough. Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867) Wake Robin (1871) Winter Sunshine (1875) Birds and Poets (1877) Locusts and Wild Honey (1879) Pepacton (1881) Fresh Fields (1884) Signs and Seasons (1886) Birds and bees and other studies in nature (1896) Indoor Studies (1889) Riverby (1894) Whitman: A Study (1896) The Light of Day (1900) Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers (1900)Songs of Nature (Editor) (1901)John James Audubon (1902)Literary Values and other Papers (1902)Far and Near (1904)Ways of Nature (1905)Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt (1906)Bird and Bough (1906)Afoot and Afloat (1907)Leaf and Tendril (1908)Time and Change (1912)The Summit of the Years (1913)The Breath of Life (1915)Under the Apple Trees (1916)Field and Study (1919)Accepting the Universe