Ferdinand von Mueller quotes
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“Where timber vegetation is ruthlessly destroyed, aridity and its sequence sterility will prevail and the hotter the climate, the more to be dreaded.”
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“Forests, beyond offering us their plainly utilitarian wealth, have to perform vast physiological functions in the great economy of nature, by contributing predominantly in the empire of vegetation to the liberation of oxygen.”
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“Let us regard the forests as an inheritance, given to us by nature, not to be despoiled or devastated, but to be wisely used, reverently honoured and carefully maintained. Let us regard the forests as a gift, entrusted to any of us only for transient care, to be surrendered to posterity as an unimpaired property, increased in riches and augmented in blessings, to pass as a sacred patrimony from generation to generation.”
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“On a feeling and sensitive mind a demolished forest impresses unmingled sadness, whereas its primeval grandeur must inspire anyone to immeasurable delight, who is susceptible to the beauties of nature.”
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“The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.”
Source : Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books
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“For 10 years, I have fought passionately for climate protection.”
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“Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.”
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“So much beauty in the world, so few eyes to see it.”
Source : "How to Stop Time" by Anna Della Subin, www.nytimes.com. September 26, 2014.
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“Fantasy is so much hotter than reality most of the time”
Source : Adam Lambert @adamlambert, twitter.com. August 1, 2010.
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