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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its picture. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Attribution: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. Nature, ch. 4 (1836, revised and repr. 1849).

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Encyclopedia:

• Emerson, Ralph Waldo (The Oxford Companion to English Literature)
• Emerson, Ralph Waldo (The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare)
• Emerson, Ralph Waldo (The Oxford Companion to American Literature)

Salem on Literature:

• Ralph Waldo Emerson (Critical Survey of Poetry)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (World Philosophers and Their Works)
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• Ralph Waldo Emerson (Cyclopedia of World Authors)

Literary Criticism:

• Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Poetry)
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