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How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of read more
How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.rn
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.rn
Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once
Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once
raspberry drupelets cluster around a cavern of emptiness
(paraphrased from her talk on C Span's Book TV).
raspberry drupelets cluster around a cavern of emptiness
(paraphrased from her talk on C Span's Book TV).
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it read more
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect
By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
The poetry of the earth is never dead.