Penguin Great Ideas: 5/100, Series 3: 1/10

“But if a man be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.”

Beside being uncompromisingly informative, however, it's so appeasing that it's meditative. This is the original naturalist manifesto that everyone should read atleast as the children of nature.

The essay even revolves around the foundation of poetry that originated in nature and how we as a human being relate our thoughts with animals and other earthly things and thus the comprehended brain-storming is expressed through words that aren't sufficient enough. Every sentence of this text is indeed a quote.