Journal

1. "I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me." the idea that he is not solitary stresses the ever- present spirituality that exists, revealing the insightful comment that humans are never really alone. 2. “The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always presents, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.” we take stars for granted because they are always present in our lives, no matter where we live, shows that everything happens for a reason we have to accept and move on when we meet an event we cannot understand. 3. "Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland behind.” Unlike everyday humans eyes sees the world, Poets see the world with other eyes beyond the physical of an 4. "The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.” The careless, innocent personalities of children are also those that share the closet relationship to explore and find new inspirations in Mother Earth. 5. “The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental: to be brothers, to be acquaintances-master or servant, is then a trifle, and a disturbance.” Being together like brothers we can improve our race by showing to the people that you can just stand there see what everybody else, but if you try hard, you can see and feel beyond the nature. 6. “Its effect is like that of a higher thought or a better emotion coming over me, when I deemed I was thinking justly or doing right.” When we are alone we tend to think more competitive and judge ourselves better we know ourselves more than everybody else. 7. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.” As we change our mood we change perceptions of the colors and shapes of nature it depends of ourselves.