Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it's not clear that he ever really did. (Elizabeth Kolbert)

Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it's not clear that he ever really did.

Elizabeth Kolbert

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