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During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a practical knowledge of the construction of small lakes was part of the equipment of most countrymen. Many of the holes they dug and dams they built still hold water and are now often regarded as 'natural.' They are of immeasurable value in the landscape.
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― Designed for recreation: A practical handbook for all concerned with providing leisure facilities in the countryside;
― Designed for recreation: A practical handbook for all concerned with providing leisure facilities in the countryside;
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The marketplace is an institution that teaches self-advancement, private acquisition, and the domination of nature. Its way of thinking is incompatible with the round river. Ecological harmony is a nonmarket value that takes a collective will to achieve.
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― The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination
― The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination
