Marston Bates Quote

We remain important, you and I and all mankind. But so is the butterfly — not because it is good for food or good for making medicine or bad because it eats our orange trees. It is important in itself, as a part of the economy of nature.

The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man, Chapter 1 (p. 5)

We remain important, you and I and all mankind. But so is the butterfly — not because it is good for food or good for making medicine or bad...

We remain important, you and I and all mankind. But so is the butterfly — not because it is good for food or good for making medicine or bad...

We remain important, you and I and all mankind. But so is the butterfly — not because it is good for food or good for making medicine or bad...

We remain important, you and I and all mankind. But so is the butterfly — not because it is good for food or good for making medicine or bad...