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Subsequent expeditions, which included Jesuit priests, remedied earlier errors by driving large herds of goats, cows, and sheep with them. This saved their lives but ruined California. European livestock quickly overgrazed the grasslands.
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“People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.”
― Pyramids
― Pyramids
“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Repressive societies always seemed to understand the danger of "wrong" ideas.”
― Kindred
― Kindred
“Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.”
― I Shall Wear Midnight
― I Shall Wear Midnight
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