“But there'll be plenty of room on Earth then because right now, what is it?-Only one-fifth of the Earth's surface is land, right? Whereas then there will be no more sea, it'll all be land, seas will be gone. The seas are the World's great septic tanks, its great cesspools, where all the waste of the World drains off into the sea.” WorldEarthRoomsGoneSeaLandRight NowWasteSurfacePlentyHeavenlyFifthTanksDrains Author:David Berg
“Fair summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore: So fair a summer look for never more. All good things vanish, less than in a day, Peace, plenty, pleasure, suddenly decay. Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year; The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.” MenYearsLooksSoulEarthPleasureHellSummerFairsGood ThingsPlentyBeastDecay Author:Thomas Nashe
“It is to labor, and to labor only, that man owes everything possessed of exchangeable value. Labor is the talisman that has raised him from the condition of the savage: that has changed the desert and the forest into cultivated fields; that has covered the earth with cities, and the ocean with ships; that has given us plenty, comfort, and elegance, instead of want, misery, and barbarism.” MenWantEarthValuesGivenCitiesConditionsFieldsChangedComfortOceanLaborMiseryRaisedForestsShipsPlentyDesertCoveredPossessedSavagesEleganceBarbarismTalismans Author:John Ramsay McCulloch
“The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.” MayEarthHeavenSunShiningPlentyComparisonBarren Book:The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments Source: The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments