1. American Literature 201 October 4 Michael Simpson Section 051 It is not words only that are emblematic; it is things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its picture. [959] Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”
![American Literature 201 October 4 Michael Simpson Section 051 It is not words only that are emblematic; it is things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its picture. [959] Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/2010-10-04amerlit201-101004120523-phpapp01/85/american-lit-20113-1-320.jpg)
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