"The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."
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"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright."
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"Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course."
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"Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them."
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"Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price"
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"He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them."
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"Hold infinity in the palm of your hand."
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"If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable."
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"One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity."
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"Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more."
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"I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beechtree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines."
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"Look! Nature is overflowing with the grandeur of God!"
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"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."
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"I want death to find me planting my cabbages."
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible."
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"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside"
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"Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend."
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"Nature wants children to be children before men... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling."
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"These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar."
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"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
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