"For if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost, until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal."
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"Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities of another world. And they draw the interest of delight and refreshment according to the measure of their investment. These are usually quaint folk, other-worldly in their manner, but capable of comprehending the idiosyncrasies of Nature as she displays them in a tree and bush and passing season, across the skyline and in the infinite zenith. These, moreover, are the successful gardeners."
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"Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving."
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"To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing."
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"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures."
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"Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature."
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"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."
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"Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth."
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"The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims."
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"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."
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"Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway.""
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"Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do."
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"To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture."
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"The conservation of nature, the proper care for the human environment and a general concern for the long-term future of the whole of our planet are absolutely vital if future generations are to have a chance to enjoy their existence on this earth."
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"I wish to be an inspector of volcanoes. I want to study cloud formations and memorize the wind and learn by heart the habits of the ponderosa pine."
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"Nature eventually has her own way, so perhaps the best procedure is to accept what old Mother Nature or God, if you will, dictates. Accept it and you'll get along better."
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"Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness."
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"My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself."
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"Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!"
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"Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent"
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