Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more a

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him. – H. G. Wells

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Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back. – Gwyn Thomas

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The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. – William Hazlitt

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Self-preservation, natures first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. – Andrew Marvell

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