Greek and Roman classicism, Chinese Confucianism, European Romanticism and American Republican agrarianism credited him a georgic dimension to his pastoral and ascetic commitments.

• 从古希腊与罗马田园文学、中国儒家哲学、欧洲浪漫主义思想和美国建国初期农业共和国理想中，他吸取了自然具有审美情趣和道德力量的观点；