History tells us that with every great empire
comes great barbarism, that the two are inseparable,
so that to diminish barbarism you must dismantle
the empires. This forces the question of what, really,
civilization brings to people that they did not already
have. And why is civilization so hard on the people
who turn it down?
~ Barry Lopez
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Quoted from Barry Lopez, "Puerto Ayora" in Horizons (Vintage, 2019), p. 216
Barry Lopez (1945-2020), American Author, Essayist, Nature Writer, Fiction Writer
Barry Lopez Obituary at The New York Times, December 26, 2020 (Updated January 12, 2021)
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