Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean mountains, rivers, clouds and undomesticated animals and plants. I am not indifferent to this half of nature, but it interests me much less than the other half.


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Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean...

Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean...

Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean...

Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean...