Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e.
from the Netherlands-Batavia.)
[Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor read more

Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e.
from the Netherlands-Batavia.)
[Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.]

LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private read more

LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society . . .

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the
earth. It's futile to gaze at read more

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the
earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.

Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from read more

Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty peaks to the smalles of the tiny flowers hidden in the meadow's grass.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.