“Mankind by their industry have rendered the earth more proper for their abode.”— Montesquieu, amazon.com
“It is this idea of destruction, with the accompanying thought of near and inevitable change, that gives to the solitudes of America their peculiar character, and their touching loveliness. You look at them with mournful pleasure. You feel that you must not delay admiring them. The impression of wild…”— Alexis de Tocqueville, amazon.com