Quote#Love
The living inhabitation of the world — the grazing and nesting in it,…
Quote byJohn Ruskin · 1819–1900
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Praeterita, volume I, chapter IX (1885-1889).
English (original)
The living inhabitation of the world — the grazing and nesting in it, — the spiritual power of the air, the rocks, the waters, to be in the midst of it, and rejoice and wonder at it, and help it if I could, — happier if it needed no help of mine, — this was the essential love of Nature in me, this the root of all that I have usefully become, and the light of all that I have rightly learned.
— John Ruskin
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