René Dubos Quote

Man has now succeeded in humanizing most of the earth's surface but paradoxically, he is developing simultaneously a cult for wilderness. After having been for so long frightened by the primeval forest, he has come to realize that its eerie light evokes in him a mood of wonder that cannot be experienced in an orchard or a garden.

Humanizing the Earth, Science, Volume 179, Number 4075, February 23, 1973 (p. 772)