LOC’s Quote of the Day

July 28th, 2008 by Robert Rouse

“The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men’s apples and head their cabbages.“

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Cyrano de Bergerac

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On this date in 1655, the renowned French poet and owner of a huge proboscis, de Bergerac passed away at the ripe old age of 36.