That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.

Famous Quotes / Lydia M. Child

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Lydia M. Child: "That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds."

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Beseechingly	Birds	Bungling	Deprecates
Fact	Free	Himself	Imitation
Imitations	Individuals	Infinite	Make
Mans	Matters	Moans	Nature
Natures	Over	Perfection	Pines
Roaring	Screeching	Sings	Song
Spontaneous	Such	Through	Thus
Truthful	Warbling	Waves	Whispering
Winds	Works

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That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds. - Lydia M. Child