conceptionofnatureisapparentlydifferentfromtheoneofWordsworth’s.Thelatter’s“beautyofnaturewhichisseenandfeltasbeauty”,inEmerson’sopinion,“istheleastpart”whichhecontinuesthat“theshowsofday,thedewymorning,therainbow,mountains,orchardsinblossoms,stars,moonlight,shadowsinstillwater,andthelike,iftooeagerlyhunted,eshowsmerely,andmockuswiththeirunreality.”(Nature)Andahighanddivinebeautyliesin“binationwiththehumanwill”.InChapterIVLanguageofNature,Emersonstatedclearlythat,“Everynaturalfactisasymbolofsomespiritualfact.Everyappearanceinnaturecorrespondstosomestateofthemind,andthatstateofmindcanonlybedescribedbypresentingthatnaturalappearanceasitspicture.”InChapterVIISpiritofNature,Emersonstatedthat,“It(nature)anthroughwhichtheuniversalspiritspeakstoindividual,andstrivestoleadbacktheindividualtoit.”It
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