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“It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.”
“We lose a great deal, I think, when we lose this sense and feeling for the sun. When all has been said, the adventure of the sun is the great natural drama by which we live, and not to have joy in ...”
“And what of Nature itself, you say that callous and cruel engine, red in tooth and fang? Well, it is not so much of an engine as you think. As for "red in tooth and fang," whenever I hear the phra...”
“Were the earth smooth, our brains would be smooth as well; we would wake, blink, walk two steps to get the whole picture, and lapse into a dreamless sleep.”
“My roses are my jewels, the sun and moon my clocks, fruit and water my food and drink.”
“And see the peaceful trees extendtheir myriad leaves in leisured dancethey bear the weight of sky and cloudupon the fountain of their veins.”
“This afternoon, being on Fair Haven Hill, I heard the sound of a saw, and soon after from the Cliff saw two men sawing down a noble pine beneath, about forty rods off. I resolved to watch it till i...”
“He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.”
“Finally, a twenty-two old girl was dazzled by the world's brightness and kept her eyes shut for two weeks. When at the end of that time she opened her eyes again, she did not recognize any objects,...”
“For ourselves, who are ordinary men and women, let us return thanks to Nature for her bounty by using every one of the senses she has given us.”
“I study nature so as not to do foolish things.”
“The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.”
“Alligators have beautiful undulating skin, which feels dense, spongy, solid, like the best eraser.”
“The view, though. The view. It is undeniably exhilarating.”
“Theres the wind on the heath, brother; if I could only feel that, I would gladly live for ever.”
“The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.”
“People believe a little too easily that the function of the sun is to help the cabbages along.”
“There is no symbolism to these fish, as Hemingway wrote. A cabezon is just a cabezon; a garibaldi, a garibaldi. But what wonderful stories they tell us about life in the ocean!”
“With a bound, the sun of a molten fiery red cam above the horizon, and immediately thousands of little birds sang out for joy, and a soft chorus of mysterious, glad murmurs came forth from the eart...”
“Most European nations identify themselves with eagles or lions, with some predator or creature of the air, ascendant and belligerent. I would like to visit the country which adopts the groundhog as...”
