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> [Apart from the hostile influence of man, the organic and the inorganic world are ... bound together by such mutual relations and adaptations s secure, if not the absolute permanence and equilibrium of both ... at least a very slow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/apart-from-the-hostile-influence-of-man-the-organic-and-the-inorganic/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

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## More by George Perkins Marsh

> [Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/man-is-everywhere-a-disturbing-agent-wherever-he-plants-his-foot-the/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/the-improvement-of-forest-trees-is-the-work-of-centuries-so-much-more/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [The great question, whether man is of nature or above her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/the-great-question-whether-man-is-of-nature-or-above-her/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [The equation of animal and vegetable life is too complicated a problem for human intelligence to solve, and we can never know how wide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/the-equation-of-animal-and-vegetable-life-is-too-complicated-a/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [ When not protected by law, by popular favor or superstition, or by other special circumstances, \[birds\] yield very readily to the influences of civilization,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/when-not-protected-by-law-by-popular-favor-or-superstition-or-by/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/we-have-now-felled-forest-enough-everywhere-in-many-districts-far-too/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [All Nature is linked together by invisible bonds and every organic creature, however low, however feeble, however dependent, is necessary to the well-being of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/all-nature-is-linked-together-by-invisible-bonds-and-every-organic/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/man-has-too-long-forgotten-that-the-earth-was-given-to-him-for/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/sight-is-a-faculty-seeing-is-an-art/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [Apart from the hostile influence of man, the organic and the inorganic world are ... bound together by such mutual relations and adaptations s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/apart-from-the-hostile-influence-of-man-the-organic-and-the-inorganic/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

> [Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/wherever-modern-science-has-exploded-a-superstitious-fable-or-even-a/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

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