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When the Pleiades and the wind in the grass are no longer a part of the human spirit, a part of very flesh and bone, man becomes, as it were, a kind of cosmic outlaw, having neither the completeness nor integrity of the

When the Pleiades and the wind in the grass are no longer a part of the human spirit, a part of very flesh and bone, man becomes, as it were, a kind of cosmic outlaw, having neither the completeness nor integrity of the animal nor the birthright of a true humanity.

Henry Beston
Nature, Integrity, Animal
Henry Beston (1956). “The Outermost House”

If gardeners will forget a little the phrase, "watering the plants" and think of watering as a matter of "watering the earth" under the plants, keeping up its moisture content and gauging its need, the garden will get on very well.

Henry Beston
Rain, Garden, Thinking
Henry Beston, Roger B. Swain (2001). “Herbs and the Earth”, p.123, David R. Godine Publisher

Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as impossible to live without reverence as it is without joy.

Henry Beston
Joy, Impossible, Reverence
Henry Beston (1956). “The Outermost House”

The quality of life, which in the ardour of spring was personal and sexual, becomes social in midsummer.

Henry Beston
Spring, Quality, Social
Henry Beston (1956). “The Outermost House”

Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it.

Henry Beston
Night, Banishment, Vulgar

To know only artificial night is as absurd and evil as to know only artificial day.

Henry Beston
Night, Evil, Absurd
Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.28, David R. Godine Publisher

We of the age of the machines, having delivered ourselves of nocturnal enemies, now have a dislike of night itself. With lights and ever more lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the forests and the sea.

Henry Beston
Night, Light, Sea
Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.28, David R. Godine Publisher

As well expect Nature to answer your human values as to come into your house and sit in a chair.

Henry Beston
Nature, House, Answers
Henry Beston (1956). “The Outermost House”

If there is one thing clear about the centuries dominated by the factory and the wheel, it is that although the machine can make everything from a spoon to a landing-craft, a natural joy in earthly living is something it never has and never will be able to manufacture.

Henry Beston
Nature, Joy, Machines
Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.83, David R. Godine Publisher

Expect Nature to answer to your human values as to come into your house and sit in a chair. The economy of nature, its checks and balances, its measurements of competing life - all this is its great marvel and has an ethic of its own.

Henry Beston
Nature, House, Balance
Henry Beston (1956). “The Outermost House”

Poor body, time and the long years were the first tailors to teach you the merciless use of clothes. Though some scold today because you are too much seen, to my mind, you are not seen fully enough or often enough when you are beautiful.

Henry Beston
Beautiful, Fashion, Clothes

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