Sunday, December 12, 2010
Nature and Green Leaves
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journal VA.169 (1862):
Isaak Levitan, Footpath in a Forest, Ferns
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How shallow seemed to me yesterday in the woods the speech one often hears from tired citizens who have spent their brief enthusiasm for the country, that Nature is tedious, and they have had enough of green leaves. Nature and the green leaves are a million fathoms deep, and it is these eyes that are superficial.
