Download or read book The Gift of Good Land written by Wendell Berry and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in The Gift of Good Land are as true today as when they were first published in 1981; the problems addressed here are still true and the solutions no nearer to hand. The insistent theme of this book is the interdependence, the wholeness, the oneness of people, land, weather, animals, and family. To touch one is to tamper with them all. We live in one functioning organism whose separate parts are artificially isolated by our culture. Here, Berry develops the compelling argument that the “gift” of good land has strings attached. We have it only on loan and only for as long as we practice good stewardship.

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Download or read book Famous Givers and Their Gifts written by Sarah Knowles Bolton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1896, this work provides details on people who built up fortunes and how they used those fortunes for the benefit of mankind. Bolton writes about some people who have given invaluable gifts to society, both in this country and abroad. He speaks of Stephen Girard and his college for orphans, James Lick and his telescope, Thomas Guy and his hospital, and many more.

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