"The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by the facts . . . Now, it never seems to occur to these far-seeing teachers that Nature's object in making animals and plants might possibly be first of all the happiness of each one of them, not the creation of all for the happiness of one. Why should man value himself as more than a small part of the one great unit of creation? And what creature of all that the Lord has taken the pains to make is not essential to the completeness of that unit - the cosmos?"
The Contemplative John Muir
Bull moose browsing among the willows; Snowy Range, WY; June 28, 2013
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