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Joseph Wood Krutch was an American writer known for his literary criticism and nature writing. His works covered a wide range of subjects, including literature, philosophy, and nature. Born on November 25, 1893, he passed away on May 22, 1970.

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Famous Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes

“Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.”

Facts Can Do Atheism Ought Positive Atheism

Book:A Krutch Omnibus: Forty Years of Social and Literary Criticism

Source: A Krutch Omnibus: Forty Years of Social and Literary Criticism

“It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not be able to live on it for long.”

Long Facts Able Share Creatures Globes Sentimental Literal

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

“The flowers never waste their sweetness on the desert air or, for that matter, on the jungle air. In fact, they waste it only when nobody except a human being is there to smell it. It is for the bugs and a few birds, not for men, that they dye their petals or waft their scents.”

Men Humans Matter Facts Nature Human Beings Air Flower Waste Bird Smell Desert Scent Sweetness Bugs Jungle Petals

Book:The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch

Source: The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch

“Love is ...not a fact in nature of which we become aware, but rather a creation of the human imagination.”

Love Humans Facts Imagination Love Is Creation Human Imagination

Book:The Modern Temper

Source: The Modern Temper

“Though we face the facts of sex we are more reluctant than ever to face the fact of death or the crueler facts of life, either biological or social.”

Facts Faces Social Sex Reluctant Facts Of Life

Book:If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and Nature

Source: If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and Nature

About the Author

Born: November 25, 1893
Died: May 22, 1970
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 87

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The Modern TemperRelated source material

A Krutch Omnibus: Forty Years of Social and Literary CriticismRelated source material

The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood KrutchRelated source material

If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and NatureRelated source material

And Even If You Do: Essays on Man, Manners & MachinesRelated source material

The Great Chain of LifeRelated source material

The desert yearRelated source material

The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation.Related source material

More lives than oneRelated source material

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