I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a …

John Updike
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I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being perfect, the imprint of a beautiful and useful truth would be taken. ✨ John Updike (1990). Rabbit Angstrom: a tetralogy, Everyman's Library
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I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being perfect, the imprint of a beautiful and useful truth would be taken. ✨ John Updike (1990). Rabbit Angstrom: a tetralogy, Everyman's Library

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