Dale Easley's Favorite Quotations
| Nature |
| The Norton Anthology of American Literature |
| Emerson, Ralph Waldo |
| The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward sense are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. in the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says,---he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me. [p.~286] |