Read the excerpt of John Muir's "Calypso Borealis" and answer the question.
[3] But when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, I found beautiful Calypso on
the mossy bank of a stream, growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had found a
soft nest and from which its one leaf and one flower sprung. The flower was white and made the impression of the utmost
simple purity like a snowflower. No other bloom was near it, for the bog a short distance below the surface was still frozen, and
the water was ice cold. It seemed the most spiritual of all the flower people I had ever met. I sat down beside it and fairly cried
for joy.
[4] It seems wonderful that so frail and lovely a plant has such power over human hearts. This Calypso meeting happened some
forty-five years ago, and it was more memorable and impressive than any of my meetings with human beings excepting,
perhaps, Emerson and one or two others. When I was leaving the University, Professor J.D. Butler said, "John, I would like to
know what becomes of you, and I wish you would write me, say once a year, so I may keep you in sight." I wrote to the Professor,
telling him about this meeting with Calypso, and he sent the letter to an Eastern newspaper [The Boston Recorder] with some
comments of his own. These, as far as I know, were the first of my words that appeared in print.
In a paragraph of 3-5 sentences, explain how Muir views nature. Support your answer with two examples from the passage.
Explain how each example reveals his view of nature. (15 points)