Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Ecology
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Everything may serve a lower as well as a higher use.
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The mode of clearing and planting is to fell the trees, and burn once what will burn, then cut them up into suitable lengths, rollinto heaps, and burn again; then, with a hoe, plant potatoes where you can come at the ground between the stumps and charred logs; for a first crop the ashes suffice for manure, and no hoeing being necessary the first year. In the fall, cut, roll, and burn again, and so on, till the land is cleared; and soon it is ready for grain, and to be laid down.
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He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed; ay, if possible, a better seed than that whose fruit he has enjoyed.
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We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.
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Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
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What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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