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Man and Nature

From Project Gutenberg e-text #37957 (public domain in the USA).

But man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

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The collection of phenomena must precede the analysis of them, and every new fact, illustrative of the action and reaction between humanity and the material world around it, is another step toward the determination of the great question, whether man is of nature or above her.

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