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Blog – Pick one or two lines that really speak to you and explain them

"The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food."

In this excerpt, Emerson is talking about who can see nature. Just because you have eyes, does not mean you can see nature. One must be able to appreciate it - to be able to wrap all their senses together to appreciate nature. One must have the characteristics of a child - curiosity, sensationalism, exuberance, and keen to their environment. Otherwise, one cannot understand the true beauty of nature.

The second sentence is a metaphor designed to compliment the first sentence. In the first sentence, Emerson presents the "The lover of nature". In the second sentence, he uses this to create the metaphor of "The lover of nature" having "Intercourse with heaven and earth". Emerson believes that one must have some sort of spiritual connection to nature (hence the "heaven" part). Extending on the spiritual connection, he references a religious aspect, "The daily food".