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All things are engaged in writing their history...Not a foot steps into the snow, or along the ground, but prints in characters more or less lasting, ...more

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We are like travelers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs.

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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which ...more

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The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the fallin...more

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Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry she carries them

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Nature is too thin a screen the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere.

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Earth laughs in flowers.

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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible

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Nature is saturated with deity.

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To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could some blunders and absurdities have crept in forget them as soon as you can. Tomorr...more

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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn

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There are all degrees of proficiency in the use men make of this instructive world where we are boarded and schooled and apprenticed. It is sufficient...more

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When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality...more