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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Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.
Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.
No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
Rainbows apologize for angry skies.
Rainbows apologize for angry skies.
For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death.
For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death.
Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".
Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".
To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
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To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language.
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
