The Romantic Spirit

In a time of political and social turmoil, literature and Nature can help to provide a calming influence. Poems and essays about Nature, which are characteristic of the Romantic period of literature, can serve as an antidote against violence, both in real life and in the entertainment world of movies and television. It is now important for books expressing the beauty of the world and the innate value of all life to be written, books that convey the spirit of Romanticism of authors past.

-- Bernard Charles Barnick