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Paul Brooks
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“It is sometimes forgotten that many s and ecologists were well aware of the danger long before DDT became a household word, before this and other s began to be produced by the chemical industry on a massive scale. For example, the , following their meeting in New York in December 1944, issued a statement to correct "misunderstanding, over-optimism and distorted impressions" about the new chemical.”
Paul Brooks (1909–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Under the benign leadership of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Concord writers would engage in what has often been called a second war of independence: against cultural domination from abroad and against religious bigotry and rampant materialism at home. Emerson's first book, , appearing when Thoreau was still in college, was (according to the latter's biographer) "one of the seminal books of his life.”
Paul Brooks (1909–1998) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (320 pages; quote from p. xiii; 1st edition published in 1980 by Houghton Mifflin)
“A variety of s — from fussy little s to and — give life and color to the , but only one gives it shape. This is the ’s domain. Evidence of his work was everywhere along our route. He had formed some ponds and raised the level of others. Newly felled trees floated at the water’s edge, their foliage still green; old snags showed where the water level had been raised years ago. Chips lay on the ground, as neat as if cut with an axe, but marked with the slightly concave imprint of the beaver’s chisel tooth. Beaver houses and s, enduring fabrics of interwoven logs and twigs, showed the amazing strength and technical skill of the animal t hat was, in the last analysis, responsible for our being in that country at all.”
Paul Brooks (1909–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it not as just so much air, water, and real estate, but as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich or poor, lovingly nurtured or bled white. Our present attitudes and laws governing the ownership and use of land represent an abuse of the concept of private property. Land is treated like a commodity when it is in fact a trust. Not so long ago our society permitted one human being to own another — to exploit him and even work him to death and not go to jail for it. This is no longer considered acceptable behavior, either by society or by the law. Yet in America today you can murder land for private profit, as is being done, for example, on a vast scale in the southern Appalachians. You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops. This situation is what is known in history as a "cultural lag." It has occurred because our understanding has not caught up with our technology: a familiar complaint that has become almost a cliché in reference to dramatic modern inventions like the atomic bomb. It is equally true in respect to less spectacular forms of destruction. You can kill land by skinning it alive or by by slowly poisoning it, and it is murder all the same. In the modern world, no one should have life and death control over his land any more than he does over another human being.”
Paul Brooks (1909–1998) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Pursuit of Wilderness (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1971) ch. 1, pp. 13–14