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“Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind.”

Men Needs Should Mind Soul Nature Towns Silent Woods Wilderness Echoes

Author:John Updike

“It was the beginning of a day in June; the deep blue sky unsullied by a cloud, and teeming with brilliant light. The streets were, as yet, nearly free from passengers, the houses and shops were closed, and the healthy air of morning fell like breath from angels, on the sleeping town.”

Light House Nature Sleep Morning Air Sky Streets Healthy Angel Towns Breaths Blue Clouds Brilliant Shops June Passengers Blue Sky

Book:The Old Curiosity Shop

Source: The Old Curiosity Shop

“A tranquil summer sunset shone upon him as he approached the end of his walk, and passed through the meadows by the river side. He had that sense of peace, and of being lightened of a weight of care, which country quiet awakens in the breasts of dwellers in towns.”

Ends Country Care Sides Nature Walks Quiet Summer Rivers Weight Towns Sunset Breasts Meadows Tranquil Dwellers

Book:LITTLE DORRIT

Source: LITTLE DORRIT

“Nature with her wonders blinds and binds one still. There is no escape. I love her utterly through all time and times. All over the world towns to me are prison; green fields are home.”

World Stills Home Nature Wonder Fields Towns Green Prison All Time Green Fields

Author:Marion Dudley Cran

“One day in the country Is worth a month in town”

Inspirational Country Nature Months One Day Towns

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

“The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.”

“When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on Union Oil. Matters weren't helped one iota by a manufactured quotation attributed to Union's president, Fred Hartley, alleging his amazement at the publicity for the loss of a few birds.... Fred Hartley never said what the press reported, as the transcript and the Senate committee members definitely established. But I don't suppose the truth will ever catch up with the more colorful falsehood.”

Said Matter President Nature Loss Members Bird Towns Presses Unions Oil Beach California Senate Falsehood Committees Quotations Coast Publicity Colorful Amazement California Coast

Author:Malcolm Forbes

“Will this massive outcry [about pollution] continue long enough to have effective results? Will federal and state laws be enacted with effective enforcement clauses? Will people be concerned long enough to pay the bill through higher prices? Will towns tole lost jobs when it proves too costly to clean obsolete plants?... I think so, but it sure won't be as easy as the present outcry and political oratory suggest. The answers to preserving a livable environment are not all simple, and some of the nuts now pushing simplistic cure-alls won't help bring about any lasting solutions.”