Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American child ever sees is a canary in a pet shop window? When the only wild animal he knows is a rat - glimpsed on a night drive through some city slum? When the only tree he touches is the cleverly fabricated plastic evergreen that shades his gifts on Christmas morning?
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A man is related to all nature.
A man is related to all nature.
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it read more
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
Sharks have been swimming the oceans unchallenged for thousands of years; chances are, the species that roams corporate waters will read more
Sharks have been swimming the oceans unchallenged for thousands of years; chances are, the species that roams corporate waters will prove just as hardy.
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more read more
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.
All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, read more
All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they read more
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue read more
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.
We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.
