Quote#Nature
There is nothing human in the whole round of nature. All nature, all…
Quote byRichard Jefferies · 1848–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1883), Chapter IV, p. 57.
English (original)
There is nothing human in the whole round of nature. All nature, all the universe that we can see, is absolutely indifferent to us, and except to us human life is of no more value than grass. If the entire human race perished at this hour, what difference would it make to the earth? What would the earth care? As much as for the extinct dodo, or for the fate of the elephant now going.
— Richard Jefferies
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