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I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book… and I began putting more work into environmental history. – Jared Diamond

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Were uncomfortable about considering history as a science. Its classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific. – Jared Diamond

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Ive worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I dont want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons. – Jared Diamond

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Keep close to Natures heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. – John Muir

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I dont think were going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only weve got to translate that into whats in it for us. – Jim Fowler

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