That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.
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Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready read more
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Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.
Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.
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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.
I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
