Until we end our violence against the earth- a matter ignored by most pacifists, as the issue of military violence is ignored by most conservationists-how can we hope to end our violence against each other? The earth, which we all have in common, is our deepest bond, and our behavior toward it cannot help but be an earnest of our consideration for each other and for our descendants.
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External nature is only internal nature writ large.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
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Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.
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Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
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External nature is only internal nature writ large.
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I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips.
The groves were God's first temples.
The groves were God's first temples.
Rich with the spoils of nature.
Rich with the spoils of nature.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
