John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury Quote

We are not the only tenants of our farms — that the fields and hedges, woods and waters, all around us, teem with a complex, rich, and interesting life.,..Nature will speak only to those who listen with love and sympathy.


In: Henry C. McCook, Tenants of an Old Farm; Leaves from the Note-Book of a Naturalist, Introduction (p. vi)


We are not the only tenants of our farms — that the fields and hedges, woods and waters, all around us, teem with a complex, rich, and interesting...

We are not the only tenants of our farms — that the fields and hedges, woods and waters, all around us, teem with a complex, rich, and interesting...

We are not the only tenants of our farms — that the fields and hedges, woods and waters, all around us, teem with a complex, rich, and interesting...

We are not the only tenants of our farms — that the fields and hedges, woods and waters, all around us, teem with a complex, rich, and interesting...