Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical truth.
The great question, whether man is of nature or above her. - George Perkins Marsh
The great question, whether man is of nature or above her.
- George Perkins Marsh
Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical tru… - George Perkins Marsh
Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical tru…
Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art. - George Perkins Marsh
Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art.
Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste. - George Perkins Marsh
Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.
Apart from the hostile influence of man, the organic and the inorganic world are ... bound together by such mutual relations and adaptations s secure… - George Perkins Marsh
Apart from the hostile influence of man, the organic and the inorganic world are ... bound together by such mutual relations and adaptations s secure…
Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords. - George Perkins Marsh
Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.
When not protected by law, by popular favor or superstition, or by other special circumstances, [birds] yield very readily to the influences of civil… - George Perkins Marsh
When not protected by law, by popular favor or superstition, or by other special circumstances, [birds] yield very readily to the influences of civil…
The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now. - George Perkins Marsh
The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.
We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its normal proportio… - George Perkins Marsh
We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its normal proportio…
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