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The South Country
This book is a freeform collection of thoughts and wonderings of lyrical poet Edward Thomas. His love for the countryside is brought to life by his gentle descriptions of the English countryside. Capturing his thoughts and feelings about natural history, folk culture, and nature's beauty, this text is considered one of the author's best prose pieces.
In Pursuit of Spring
Spring was late in 1913 and Edward Thomas decided to go and search for winter's grave and the tell-tale signs of season's turn - he set out to cycle westwards from London to the Quantocks. Edward Thomas 1878-1917 turned from writing prose to poetry in 1914. His work as a poet has been widely celebrated and admired - Ted Hughes described Thomas as "the father of us all". The Pursuit of Spring, originally published in 1914, bridges the divide between Thomas the journalist/critic and Thomas the highly regarded poet.
On the Nature of the Universe
`Therefore this terror and darkness of the mind Not by the sun's rays, nor the bright shafts of day, Must be dispersed, as is most necessary, But by the face of nature and her laws.' Lucretius' poem On the Nature of the Universe combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour Lucretius demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal, and the world and everything in it is governed not by the gods, but by the mechanical laws of nature. By believing this, men can live in peace of mind and happiness. Lucretius bases his argument on the atomic theory expounded by the Greek philosoph...
Copsford
A beautifully written book describing Mans' desire to be at one with Nature.
The Morality of Nature (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Morality of Nature A man now Of mature years, who began his reading when the epoch-making works Of Charles Robert Darwin were new books, has been privileged to share in a marvellous period Of human advancement. The new discoveries in those sciences which explore the prehistoric past of the world, and especially those which pertain to the progress Of life have promoted that central idea expressed by the word evolution from the status Of a theory to that Of an established principle - a necessary part of the educational equipment Of any thinking man. He who does not recognize evolution today is in the same class with those who do not believe that the earth is round. These are n...
In the Love of Nature (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from In the Love of Nature The hazel thickets smell Of spring, Its balmy breath the ceanothus sends Abroad through all the dusky woods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
