Value of Nature

Albert Einstein, a German-born theoretical physicist, once said, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” (Wilkes). Einstein refers to nature as a portal into the unknown. Initially, a person can find the answers to any question within nature. Furthermore, nature can help a person to look at the greater purpose and reflect. This idea supports the Romantic authors as they write about the value of nature. Walt Whitman has become one of the utmost famous Romantic authors. After traveling across the states, he began to look at America differently. Then he begins to devote himself to his poetry about nature. Two of his many poems, Song of Myself and When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer, exemplify the value of nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson has also become a famous Romantic author. He becomes known as the Father of Transcendentalism, as he believes that when people become independent and self-reliant within nature, they become their best selves. He later writes an essay, Nature, which expresses the value of nature. As these authors write their literature about nature, they illustrate the significance that it brings to oneself, community, God, and those relationships. It is important for modern readers to value nature, as the Romantic authors do, because it is there that a person reflects on his or her self, finds a greater understanding of life and his or her surroundings, and becomes close to God.

It is important for modern readers to value nature, as the Romantic authors do, because it is there that a person reflects on his or her self. As Emerson describes the value of nature and how it pertains to peoples’ lives, he focuses on the aspect of the importance of isolation within nature, as he writes:

“To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society…But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The