Nature is a foundational essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1836 and revised in later editions. In chapters on commodity, beauty, language, and spirit, he reflects on how the natural world informs human thought, art, and moral life. It invites a fresh, personal relation to the universe.
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Opening of the book
NATURE BY R. W. EMERSON A subtle chain of countless rings The next unto the farthest brings; The eye reads omens where it goes, And speaks all languages the rose; And, striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form. NEW EDITION BOSTON & CAMBRIDGE: JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY M DCCC XLIX. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1849 By JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. BOSTON: THURSTON, TORRY AND COMPANY, 31 Devonshire Street. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1
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