...wrong course by going into the solitude of nature. Especially in the woods, man is able to "[cast] off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever in life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth. [...] In the woods we return to reason...

...notions to found a factory by the banks of the lake, amid the generous forests. Emerson has told us that "in the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations...not how he should tire of them in a thousand years." And so Lewis desired to live out his remaining days in this solitude, where the perpetual coolness...

...enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...youth. Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sinctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them...