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		The Roots of Preservation: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Hudson River School Illustration Credits Kindred Spirits, 1849, Asher B. Durand, oil on canvas (44 x 36 in.). Repository: Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas The Course of Empire: Destruction, 1836, Thomas Cole, oil on canvas. Repository: Collection of The New-York Historical Society Yosemite Valley, 1866, Albert Bierstadt, oil on canvas. Repository: Cleveland Museum of Art

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