Nature and her gift of buoyant life are overpowering. The joy of mere animal existence, the feeling that it is good to be alive and face to face with Nature’s self, drives everything else into the background.
John C. Van Dyke
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances (1901); Exact wording and attribution checked. Aesthetic reflections on desert nature. Personification and statements of natural purpose or perfection express the author’s philosophy, not literal scientific conclusions.
- The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances (1901)
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