So bountiful hath been the earth and so securely have we drawn from it our substance, that we have taken it all for granted as if it were only a gift, and with little care or conscious thought of the consequences of our use of it; nor have we very much considered the essential relation that we bear to it as living parts in the vast creation.
-Liberty Hyde Bailey
This is a very apt description of what we humans are wont to do. Of course, L. H. Bailey was certain that gardening and other plant related endeavors would reconnect us with the soil in very important ways.
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