Life Quote by Loren Eiseley

“I am sure now that life is not what it is purported to be and that nature, in the canny words of the Scotch theologue, 'is not as natural as it looks.” quote by Loren Eiseley — Download Open image

““I am sure now that life is not what it is purported to be and that nature, in the canny words of the Scotch theologue, 'is not as natural as it looks.””

Loren Eiseley

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