may 24, 1836 - nature

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written by ralph waldo emerson, idea of a transparent eyeball, god is in nature. “Organized religion, though its reliance on rituals and creeds, act as though God were dead.”
Not a quote from nature but from Emerson after leaving ministry
“Our age is retrospective.”
“I am nothing. I see all.”
Paradoxical statement about being transparent
“I become a transparent eyeball.”
One must transcend rational thought
“In the woods, we return to reason and faith.”

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