#stupendous

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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#god #nature #parts #soul #stupendous

We are told that the trouble with modern man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature... In this scenario, Man comes on as a stupendous lethal force, and the Earth is pictured as something delicate, like rising bubbles at the surface of a country pond, or flights of fragile birds. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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#birds #bubbles #comes #country #delicate

The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle. ↗

— Pietro Mascagni

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#fiddle #fit #god #i #i am