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6 quotes from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)
Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)
The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)
In a cabinet of natural history, we become sensible of a certain occult recognition and sympathy in regard to the most bizarre forms of beast, fish, and insect.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)
Build, therefore, your own world.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)

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