— Ralph Waldo Emerson, buch Nature
Natur (Nature), zitiert nach der deutschen Übersetzung von Harald Kiczka, Zürich 1988, S. 78/79
Original engl.: "The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship." - Nature. New edition. Boston & Cambridge 1849. Chapter VII, Spirit, p. 59 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=G00hAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA59&dq=devout