_After Nature_ ；"Nature" Is What We See" by Emily Dickinson

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"In the previous year, there’ve been many studies of the deeper meaning of the Anthropocene and the future of humanity, studies ranging from the impenetrable to the inconsolable. _After Nature_ is by a wide margin the best of these books; in its passion, intelligence, and persistent thread of hope, it may very well be the _Silent Spring_ of the 21st century."

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"Nature" Is What We See" by Emily Dickinson

"Nature" is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.