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“Man cannot afford to be a naturalist, to look at Nature directly, but only with the side of his eye. He must look through and beyond her.” quote by Henry David Thoreau — Download Open image

“Man cannot afford to be a naturalist, to look at Nature directly, but only with the side of his eye. He must look through and beyond her.”

Henry David Thoreau

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