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This Then is Upland Pastures

Adeline Knapp

This Then is Upland Pastures

This Then is Upland Pastures

Adeline Knapp

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This Then is Upland Pastures is a collection of outdoor essays by Adeline Knapp, written in the late 19th century. The work celebrates the beauty of nature during spring and summer, reflecting on its simplicity and complexity through appreciation and introspection. Recognized for its cultural significance, this book captures the joy and wonder that the natural world brings to the human spirit, making it a notable contribution to American essays and natural history.

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A collection of outdoor essays written during the late 19th century. The book celebrates the beauty of nature as it come...

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“Once upon a time man conceived the belief that this universe, with its many worlds swinging through space, was created for him. He fancied that the sun shone by day to warm and vivify him; that the stars of night were none other than lamps to his feet; that the other animals existed to afford him food and clothing”

— Adeline Knapp

“There is a fearful moment of reckoning before us should it ever chance that when all our trees shall have been sacrificed on the altar of the patron-fiend of news, the newspaper supply shall suddenly be cut off and we find ourselves some fine morning minus our tidbits of shame and failure and disaster, left to the companionship of our own thoughts. Dante never imagined a terror like this.””

— Adeline Knapp

“I use no figure of speech when I say that we may now buy our books in bulk. I saw, only this morning, the advertisement of a large dry goods “emporium” (’tis laces and literature now) wherein is announced for sale the bound volumes of a popular magazine. “Over eight pounds of the choicest reading, bound in the usual style”

— Adeline Knapp

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