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“Every intervention of man in the environment around him incurs some risk as to both favorable and unfavorable consequences. Every intervention is taken in the face of partial ignorance as to what its effects will be and involves uncertainty as to the ultimate outcome.”

Book:Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

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Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White is a compilation of scholarly works by Gilbert F. White, a prominent figure in the field of environmental science. The volume delves into various aspects of geography, including the study of natural resources and their management, as well as the environmental impacts of human activities. The writings provide a comprehensive overview of the historical and contemporary perspectives on environmental issues, emphasizing the importance of sustainable practices and the role of geography in shaping human societies. more

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Gilbert F. White

Gilbert F. White was an individual who made contributions in an unknown field. He was born on November 26, 1911, and passed away on October 5, 2006. more

“For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.”

Knows Children Has Beens Whole Pain Choices Creation Environmental Glorious Frustration Decay Bondage Liberated Child Of God Childbirth Present Time Groaning

Author:Paul the Apostle

“From the creation learn to admire thy Lord! And if any of the things thou see exceed thy comprehension, and thou are not able to find the reason thereof, yet for this glorify the Creator, that the wisdom of these works surpass thine understanding.”

Ifs Reason Able Understanding Lord Creation Environmental Creator Admire Exceed Comprehension Glorify

Book:The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Statues: Or, To the People of Antioch

Source: The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Statues: Or, To the People of Antioch

“How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.”

World Written Creatures Pages Letters Environmental Endless Volume

Book:The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall: Now First Collected. With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings, Written by Himself

Source: The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall: Now First Collected. With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings, Written by Himself

“How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods. Can we wonder, then, that nature's productions should be far 'truer' in character than man's productions; that they should be infinitely better adapted to the most complex conditions of life, and should plainly bear the stamp of far higher workmanship?”

Source: The origin of species (low cost). Limited edition

“How often are the beauties of nature unheeded by man, who, musing on past ills, brooding over the possible calamities of the future, building castles in the air, or wrapped up in his own self-love and self-importance, forgets to look abroad, or looks with a vacant stare.”

“If it were not for the outside world, we would have no inside world to understand things by. Least of all could we understand God without these millions of sights and sounds and scents and motions, weaving their endless harmonies. They come out of His heart to let us know a little of what is in it.”

Ifs Knows World Heart Littles Sound Millions Sight Harmony Environmental Endless Scent Outside World Weaving Sight And Sound

Book:The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more

Source: The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more

“If you do not see yourselves and all things as living, moving, and having their being in God, you see nothing, whatever you may think you see.”

Ifs Thinking May Moving All Things Environmental

Book:Watch Your Walk

Source: Watch Your Walk

“In order that we finite beings may apprehend the Emporer He translates His glory into multiple forms - into stars, woods, waters, beasts, and the bodies of men.”

Men May Body Form Order Stars Water Glory Environmental Woods Beast Translate Multiple Finite

Author:C. S. Lewis

“In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and with a willingness to respond to the earth's demands that we cease our industrial assault, that we abandon our inner rage against the conditions of our earthly existence, that we renew our human participation in the grand liturgy of the universe.”

Source: Creative Energy: Bearing Witness for the Earth

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