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Quote by Michael Allaby
Ecology is rather like sex -- every new generation likes to think

Ecology is rather like sex — every new generation likes to think they were the first to discover it. – Michael Allaby

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We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. – American Indian Proverb

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When God created the first human beings, God led them around the garden of Eden and said: Look at my works! See how beautiful they are — how excellent! For your sake I created them all. See to it you do not spoil and destroy My world; for if you do, there will be no one else to repair it. – R. Kohelet

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The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison. – Karl Marx

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The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land. – Aldo Leopold

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