Wednesday, March 20, 2013

"An Insect View of Its Plain"


"Thoreau, Dickinson and Muir had mutual interests in the relationships between science, culture, and nature, relationships that they were partly able to explore and express through the observed habits and experiences of insects. Sharing the belief that nature was a reflection of God's intention... they recognized that insects, like every other particle of nature, were lovingly created by God to serve a unique purpose."
Insects, Nature and God in Thoreau, Dickinson and Muir
by Rosemary Scanlon McTier 
McFarland, 2013
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