The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and life-giving. It is an immense desert place where man is never lonely, for he senses the weaving of Creation on every hand. It is the physical embodiment of a supernatural existence.. For the sea is itself nothing but love and emotion. It is the Living Infinite, as one of your poets has said. Nature manifests herself in it, with her three kingdoms: mineral, vegetable, and animal. The ocean is the vast reservoir of Nature. Jules Verne
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These words, which were written by the nineteenth-century American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, reflect his view that nature’s beauty is not just to be contemplated but should be experienced. They are also a contrast to the view of nature as a dangerous place, where the human soul is visited by threats from the natural world--a view held by many of Thoreau’s contemporaries.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

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