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“But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and industries kill the fish in our streams. Many waterways are covered with oil slicks and contain growths of algae that destroy productive life and make the water unfit for recreation. "Polluted Water-No Swimming" has become a familiar sign on too many beaches and rivers. A lake that has served many generations of men now can be destroyed by man in less than one generation.”

“We have been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks - water, hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land - and not by generating renewable flows.”

Has Beens Growth Water Natural Rich Land Flow Rivers Fishes Forests Consumption Get Rich Hydrocarbons

Book:Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions

Source: Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions

“Once established, an original river advances through its long life, manifesting certain peculiarities of youth, maturity and old age, by which its successive stages of growth may be recognized without much difficulty.”

May Long Age Certain Growth Stage Youth Rivers Difficulty Originals Old Age Maturity Manifest Long Life

Book:Geographical Essays

Source: Geographical Essays

“Languages happily restrict the mind to what is of its own native growth and fitted for it, as rivers and mountains bond countries; or the empire of learning, as well as states, would become unwieldy and overgrown.”

Mind Wells Country States Language Growth Mountain Rivers Native Empires Rivers And Mountains

Author:William Hazlitt

“An old-growth forest, a mountain range or a river valley is more important and certainly more loveable than any country will ever be.”

Important Country Growth Mountain Rivers Forests Range Valleys Mountain Ranges

Author:Arundhati Roy