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"The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937.
"I would gladly wander in Paradise, But it is far away and there is no road." – T'ao Ch'ien, 'Substance, Shadow, and Spirit'.
"The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line." – Alexander Pope, 'An Essay on Man' (1733-34).
"Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call us? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run?" – John Donne, 'The Sun Rising'