John Steinbeck Quotes
It Is Not Only The Size Of These Redwoods But Their Strangeness That Frightens Them. And Why Not? For These Are The Last Remaining Members Of A Race That Flourished Over Four Continents As Far Back In Geologic Time As The Upper Jurassic Period. Fossils Of These Ancients Have Been Found Dating From The Cretaceous Era While In The Eocene And Miocene They Were Spread Over England And Europe And America. And Then The Glaciers Moved Down And Wiped The Titans Out Beyond Recovery. And Only These Few Are Left
a Stunning Memory Of What The World Was Like Once Long Ago. Can It Be That We Do Not Love To Be Reminded That We Are Very Young And Callow In A World That Was Old When We Came Into It? And Could There Be A Strong Resistance To The Certainty That A Living World Will Continue Its Stately Way When We No Longer Inhabit It?
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