“The Old Testament contains in many places, but especially in the book of Job, one of the most far-reaching defenses ever written of wilderness, of nature free from the hand of man. The argument gets at the heart of what the loss of nature will mean to us....God seems to be insisting that we are not the center of the universe, that he is quite happy if it rains where there are no people - that God is quite happy with places where there are no people, a radical departure from our most ingrained notions.” PeopleIfsMenHeartMeanBookHandsSeemsJobsUniverseLossWrittenRainArgumentEnvironmentalNotionDefenseRadicalReachingWildernessTestamentOld TestamentDepartureInsistingCenter Of The Universe Author:Bill McKibben
“The man to solitude accustom'd long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease, After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.” MenLongFallAnimalTreeHe ManFlowerSolitudeSpeechUnderstoodRainTongueEasePerceiveRejoiceHerbsDroughtShrubs Book:The poetical works of William Cowper: Complete ed., with memoir, explanatory notes etc Source: The poetical works of William Cowper: Complete ed., with memoir, explanatory notes etc