“Here were humans bound across centuries by the faith-based belief that these birds were worth preserving . That they might help future generations, trusting that the march of scientific progress would forever present new ways of looking at the same ancient skins. In the other current ran Edwin and the feather underground, and the centuries of men and women who looted the skies and the forests for wealth and status, driven by greed and the desire to possess what others didn't.” EnvironmentNatural History Of Science Author:Kirk Wallace Johnson