The Beginnings of Environmental Critique and Response 1. Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price.
Men plough and sail for it.
From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks, which brace mankind. Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen to eminence have drawn their nourishment and vigour from a similar wild source. It is because the children of the Empire were not suckled by the wolf that they were conquered and displaced by the children of the northern forest who were.