born: 1817 city: Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. philosophy: Transcendentalism nationality: American occupation: naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher died: 1862 city: Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. age: 44
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see. It is only necessary to behold the least fact or phenomenon, however familiar, from a point a hair's breadth aside from our habitual path or routine, to be overcome, enchanted by its beauty and significance.