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Thu, May 10, 12 at 6:13
| Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.
John Ruskin Nature provides exception to every rule.
Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.
The belief that we can manage the earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it has deep roots in the past and is almost universal.
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Thu, May 10, 12 at 7:30
| Good quotes, especially for a spring morning. Thanks |
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- Posted by lilosophie none (My Page) on Thu, May 10, 12 at 9:06
| Good ones, to be taken with the scent of lilacs and madrone |
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| Rene J. Dubos has it right that we think we can do better than natural. There are many good things that have been discovered for our benefit but at what cost to our environment? |
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