...wellknown passage of his seminal book Nature (1836), a document of great importance for American writers: In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nodiing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot...

...reason and faith. There I find that nothing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no calamity . . . which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground — my head bathed by the blithe air and lifted into infinite space — all mean egotism vanishes. For religious naturalists, living in a natural...

...Foundation Matching Fund (73.2) divided nature in Emerson's writing. In his essay "Nature," Emerson wrote, "Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by...into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. ... In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil...

..."landscape"; the sky loses its magnificence. At the height of his rhetorical transport, Emerson says he feels "that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace,...(leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair" (Essays, 10). Yet he cannot break free of the sense that the world is irreparably diminished by Charles's...

...Stacy wrote a wonderful thought from Emerson, which seemed so very pertinent for my trip to the woods: In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel nothing can befall me in life - no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot...