"Nature is Man’s teacher. She unfolds Her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, Illumes his mind and purifies his heart. An influence breathes from all the sights and sounds Of her existence."
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"Nature", Drawings and Tintings (1844), p. 4
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Alfred Billings Street
Alfred Billings Street (December 18, 1811 – June 2, 1881) was an American writer and poet.
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