As the human mind is cleansed of its lusts, truth will permit and invoke its approach, as the coyness of the virgin subsides into the tender love of the wife. The arts will spring in full-grown beauty from Him who is the source of beauty. The harps which have hung on the willows will sound as sweetly as the first breath of heaven that moved the leaves in the garden of Eden. There is a unison of spirit and nature. The genius of the mind will descend, and unite with the genius of the rivers, the lakes, and the woods.
Thoughts fall to the earth with power, and make a language out of nature.
Adam and Eve knew no language but their garden. The sun of the spiritual world shone bright on their hearts, and their senses were open with delight to natural objects. The people of the golden age have left us no monuments of genius, no splendid columns, no paintings, no poetry. She will wring from her locks the dew which was gathered in the wilderness. By science, I mean natural science.