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“In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding an axe.”

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Book:Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement

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“By what peculiar twist of perception, I wondered, had I managed to see the plowed fields and second-growth forests of southern Wisconsin—a landscape of former prairies now long vanished—as somehow more “natural” than the streets, buildings, and parks of Chicago? All represented drastic human alterations of earlier landscapes.”

Environmental History Urban History Rural History

Book:Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

Source: Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

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Nature Environment Reefs Environmental History

Book:The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change

Source: The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change

“If you meet the darkest moment of life, strive valiantly through it with courage and never retreat, for you shall surely meet light afterwards. If you meet the muddy stream of life, swim across it with tenacity to the very end for there is a clearer stream that shall wash your dirt away afterwards. If all people reject you in the mid of the arduous race of life, dare to smile and move on for there are people who await you to embrace you in the end”

“Do not be discourage by people who reject your true purpose. Do not stop because of anxiety; stop because you are done with the mission! Don't ever be down by the susurrant call of the masses to stop, halt or abort your true purpose when you are convinced within your innermost man of how true your purpose is. A true purpose is mostly rejected, spat upon and seen as an unworthy cause by the masses until they come to a later realization of how true it is and then they accept, celebrate and enjoy it.”

“then why are you suddenly surprised when the Almighty gives you what you asked? If I recall from what sermons I've attended to, God is known for lavishing love on His children. Grace, I believe it's called?...Why not shower Him with thanksgiving and take the gift He's placed before you? I would hazard a guess that gratitude is never a bad start for any relationship.”

Inspirational Faith

Book:The Mistletoe Countess

Source: The Mistletoe Countess

“All divine power is within you to accomplish great things.”

“You will never know what you can accomplish until you really put in persistent effort and never giving up.”

Accomplish Persistence Persist Never Giving Up Persistent Accomplishments Persistent Effort Accomplish Great Things Accomplish The Impossible Persistent Action

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list.”

Today Accomplish Accomplishment Things To Do Accomplished Each Day Thing To Do List Accomplish The Impossible To Do Lists Things To Live By Things That Happen

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

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Philosophy Travel Explorers Scientists Accomplish Great Things Accomplish The Impossible Alexander Von Humboldt

Book:The Art of Travel

Source: The Art of Travel

“Be not be discourage by the rejections. Do not stop because of anxiety; stop because you are done with the mission! Be not be down by the susurrant call of the masses to stop, halt or abort your true purpose when you are convinced within your innermost man of how true your purpose is. A true purpose is mostly to a greater extent rejected, spat upon and seen as unworthy cause by the masses until they come to a later realization of how true it is to be accepted”