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George Perkins Marsh Quotes: Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.
         

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.


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