1. Chapter II- Commodity
Commodity: a useful or valuable thing

2. Nature is beneficial to the
soul
 “This, of course, is a benefit which is temporary
and mediate, not ultimate, like it’s service to the
soul.”

3. Nature works together for
man
 “All the parts incessantly work into each other’s
hands for the profit of man”

4. Nature is here for us to
respect and and enjoy
 “The field is at once his floor, his work-yard, his
play-ground, his garden, and his bed.

5. Nature feeds us so that we
can help others
 “A man is fed, not that he may be fed, but that he
may work”

6. Nature is the resource, the
process, and the result
 “the wind sows the seed; the sun evaporates the sea;
the wind blows the vapor to the field…..the rain
feeds the plant; the plants feeds the animal; and
thus the endless circulations of the divine charity
nourish man.”