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“They who wander widest lift No more of beauties' jealous veils, Than they who from their doorways see The miracle of flowers and trees.”

Nature Tree Flower Miracle Wander Lifts Jealous Veils Doorways

Author:John Greenleaf Whittier

“I want to lift the audience to the miraculous in human nature. After all, we shouldn't be here, with all the odds against us in nature. It's kind of unusual and wonderful!”

Want Humans Kind Nature Audience Wonderful Human Nature Lifts Unusual Odds Miraculous

Author:Paul Taylor

“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.”

“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.”

Source: Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays