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The greatness and the minuteness of nature pass all understanding.
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“The greatness and the minuteness of nature pass all understanding.”

John Burroughs

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Wake-Robin
Date
1871
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Burroughs emphasizes that nature can astonish at both immense and tiny scales, leaving observation capable of deepening wonder rather than exhausting it.

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Wake-Robin; Burroughs reflects on close observation of natural life and the limits of easy comprehension.

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