The prevailing attitude towards nature is that form of heresy which denies substance and, in doing so, denies … - Richard M. Weaver

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She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.

Richard M. Weaver

The prevailing attitude towards nature is that form of heresy which denies substance and, in doing so, denies the rightfulness of creation. We have said - to the point of repletion, perhaps - that man is not to take his patterns from nature; but neither is he to waste himself in seeking to change her face.

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