Life and death on this planet now lie
in Man's hands.
At depth
after depth we penetrate these phenomena which encompass us.
Still beyond
our grasp shimmer the ultimate truths.
Unless
we master these, how shall we learn -- not to die -- but to live?
What wisdom guides life's ever-changing
balances?
What subtle factors work in flesh and spirit to cause one kind
to rise
to dominance
and brilliance while its near kin declines into extinction?
After overuse by Man, the earth remains
barren.
Yet after natural disasters -- earthquakes and tidal waves, fires,
volcanos,
glaciers,hurricanes -- life builds back, if undisturbed by
Man, stage
upon stage, to richness.
What are the forces of renewal?
NANCY
NEWHALL
