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The cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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Joseph Wood Krutch
Age: 76 †
Born: 1893
Born: November 25
Died: 1970
Died: May 22
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Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.
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To be reminded that one is very much like other members of the animal kingdom is often funny...though...I do not too much mind being somewhat like a cat.
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Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
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If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.
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The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.
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The grand paradox of our society is this: we magnify man’s right but we minimize his capacities.
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Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it.
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Technology made large populations possible large populations now make technology indispensable.
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August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.
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