'ALL NATURE IS TOUCH AND GO"
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What Annie Dillard is telling us is that new physics can delve into the nature of things, but cannot really explain nature itself. There is a higher power, she quotes a scientist, not influenced by our wishes, which finally decides and judges. This higher power is something a microscope cannot detect or any number of test tubes cannot closely examine. Nature is why animals flee at the sight of humans, why a creek runs undisturbed, and why seasons change and things are born, grow, mature, wither and die. She is in effect cautioning us to accept many things as they are. One can think of why some people want to dissect a butterfly to determine how and why it flutters when it flies, or why a bumble
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Annie Dillard, Naturalist God, PRINCIPLES God, Yes Naturalist, God Naturalist, Nature God, helpless change,
Approximate Word count = 497
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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