Monday, 13 February 2012

George Perkins Marsh - Man and Nature

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned into discords.
 
Today’s Green Thought comes from Man and Nature (1864) by George Perkins Marsh  (1801 – 1882), an American diplomat and philologist considered by some to be America's first environmentalist.

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