{"id":1262,"date":"2007-06-25T10:02:31","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T15:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/06\/25\/child-of-nature\/"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:15:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:15:33","slug":"child-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/06\/25\/child-of-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Child of Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Civilised man was nearly always able to become master of his environment temporarily.  His chief troubles came from his delusions that his temporary mastership was permanent.  He thought of himself as &#8220;master of the world,&#8221; while failing to understand fully the laws of nature.<\/p>\n<p>Man, whether civilised or savage, is a child of nature &#8212; he is not the master of nature.  He must conform his actions to certain natural laws if he is to maintain his dominance over his environment.  When he tries to circumvent the laws of nature, he usually destroys the natural environment that sustains him.  And when his environment deteriorates rapidly, his civilisation declines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0806111070?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=probefhos-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0806111070\"><em>Topsoil and Civilization<\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=probefhos-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0806111070\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> by Tom Dale and Vernon Carter<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=0806111070&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civilised man was nearly always able to become master of his environment temporarily. 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