“ While almost all men feel an attraction drawing them to society, few are attracted strongly to Nature. ”
Henry David Thoreau, Walking (1851). copy citation
| Author | Henry David Thoreau |
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| Source | Walking |
| Topic | attraction society |
| Date | 1851 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1022/1022-h/1022-h.htm |
Context
“But soon, by some inexorable law, our life goes by and the cars return.
“Gentle breeze, that wanderest unseen, And bendest the thistles round Loira of storms, Traveler of the windy glens, Why hast thou left my ear so soon?”
While almost all men feel an attraction drawing them to society, few are attracted strongly to Nature. In their relation to Nature men appear to me for the most part, notwithstanding their arts, lower than the animals. It is not often a beautiful relation, as in the case of the animals. How little appreciation of the beauty of the landscape there is among us!”
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