Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world

Untouched Forests as Temples

Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man; whether those of Brazil, where the powers of Life are predominant, or those of Tierra del Fuego, where Death and Decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the…

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• naturalism
• spiritualism
• wonder