These temple-destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar. Dam Hetch Hetchy! As well dam for water-tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
This weeks Green Thoughts are taken from the writings of John Muir (1838 – 1914) a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir
Today’s is taken from ‘The Yosemite’ (1912) partly written in response to the proposed damming of the beautiful Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park , in order to provide water for San Francisco. The Hetch Hetchy reservoir is held back by the O’Shaunessy Dam, finished in 1923.
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