One should admit at the outset to a certain bias. Indeed I am a "butterfly chaser, googly eyed bleeding heart and wild conservative." I take a dim view of dams; I find it hard to learn to love cement; I am poorly impressed by concrete aggregates and statistics in cubic tons. Edward Abbey, "The Damnation of a Canyon" Which statement is directed at readers who disagree with the author's ideas about nature? A. The thickets teemed with songbirds: vireos, warblers, mockingbirds and thrushes. B. The wilderness will again belong to God, the people and the wild things that call it home. C. With the renewal of plant life will come the insects, the birds, the lizards and snakes, the mammals. D. Indeed I am a "butterfly chaser, googly-eyed bleeding heart and wild conservative."
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