A Betray of Civilization, itself.

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.” — Edward Abbey

Novelist, Edward Abbey — © 2019 Will Brown

This line was published in 1968 and sadly, it still rings true, in 2020. Although, “what little…