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| 1 | | | | Introduction: The Image of Nature in Genesis. | |
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| 2 | | | | Forster, E. M. "The Machine Stops." | |
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| 3 | | | | Ancient Views of Nature: Aristotle. Physics. Bk II. (PDF) Cicero. Excerpt from On the Gods: The Discourse of Balbus. | |
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| 4 | | | | Montaigne. "On Cannibals." (PDF)
Bacon, Francis. "The New Atlantis." (download from Project Gutenberg site)
Drayton. To the Virginia Voyage. (PDF)
Marvell. Bermudas. (PDF)
Shakespeare. The Tempest. (download from Project Gutenberg site) | |
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| 5 | | | | Shakespeare. The Tempest. (continued) | |
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| 6 | | | | Defoe. Robinson Crusoe. (download from Project Gutenberg site) | |
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| 7 | | | | Defoe. Robinson Crusoe. (continued) | |
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| 8 | | | | Linnaeus. Excerpts from The Economy of Nature.
White, Gilbert. Excerpt from The Natural History of Selbourne. (download from Project Gutenberg site)
Hume, David. Excerpts from Dialogues on Natural Religion. (PDF) | |
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| 9 | | | | Hume, David. Dialogues on Natural Religion. (continued) | |
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| 10 | | | | Rousseau. Excerpts from On the Origins of Inequality. (PDF) | |
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| 11 | | | | Rousseau. Excerpts from On the Origins of Inequaltiy. (continued)
Wordsworth. Selections from The Prelude. (PDF) | |
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| 12 | | | | Wordsworth. Selections from The Prelude. (continued) | |
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| 13 | | | | Wordsworth. Selections from The Prelude. (continued) | |
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| 14 | | | | Thoreau, Henry David. Excerpts from Walden. (in the Signet edition) (download from Project Gutenberg site): - Chap. 1. "Economy." pp. 7-18 up to ". . . one kind at the expense of the others'; p 23, from "As for shelter . . ." to p. 26, ". . . the children's teeth are set on edge"; p. 32, from ". . . Though we are not so degenerate . . ." to p. 36, ". . . to the exclusion of thinking for myself"; p. 38, from "I thus found that the student . . ." to p. 58, end of chapter.
- Chap. 2. "Where I Lived and What I Lived For." (Complete)
- Chap. 4. "Sounds." (Complete)
- Chap. 5. "Solitude." (Complete)
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| 15 | | | | Thoreau, Henry David. Excerpts from Walden. (continued): - Chap. 6. "Visitors." p. 97-100, up to ". . . continents on the other side."
- Chap. 7. "The Bean Field." Last two paragraphs only.
- Chap. 9. "The Ponds." From p. 121, "The scenery of Walden . . ." up to p. 130, ". . . a still subtler spirit sweeps over it."
- Chap. 10. "Baker Farm." (Complete)
- Chap. 11. "Higher Laws." p. 142-148, up to ". . . beastly life, eating and drinking."
- Chap. 12. "Brute Neighbors." P. 153, from "The mice which haunted my house . . ." to p. 157, ". . . Webster's Fugitive Slave Bill."
- Chap. 13. "House Warming." First paragraph only.
- Chap. 15. "Winter Animals." From p. 187, "Squirrels and wild mice disputed . . ." to p. 188, end of chapter.
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| 16 | | | | Thoreau, Henry David. Excerpts from Walden. (continued): - Chap. 16. "The Pond in Winter." (Complete)
- Chap. 17. "Spring." (Complete)
- Chap. 18. "Conclusion." From p. 214, "I left the woods . . ." up to p. 221, end.
Keats. The Grasshopper and the Cricket, To Autumn. | |
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| 17 | | | | Darwin. Selections from On the Origin of Species. (download from the Project Gutenberg site): - Chap. 1. From p. 46 ("I have discussed the probable origin . . .") to p. 55, "slow, varying and insensible changes."
- Chap. 3 in its entirety.
- Chap. 4. Pp. 88-102; pp. 106-16; pp. 124 to end of chapter.
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| 18 | | | | Darwin. Selections from On the Origin of Species. (continued): - Chap. 6 in its entirety.
- Chap. 7. Pp. 196-210 (. . . "variability; but as the case stands there is none."); pp. 226 to end of chapter.
- Chap. 15 in its entirety.
Frost, Robert. Design, Come In, The Most of It. | |
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| 19 | | | | Wells, H. G. The Island of Dr. Moreau. (download from Project Gutenberg site) | |
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| 20 | | | | Wells, H. G. The Island of Dr. Moreau. (continued). | |
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| 21 | | | | Huxley, T. H. "Evolution and Ethics." (download from Project Gutenberg site)
Hardin, Garret. "The Tragedy of the Commons." | |
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| 22 | | | | Williams, George. "A Sociobiological Expansion of 'Evolution and Ethics'." | |
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| 23 | | | | Faulkner, William. "The Bear." In Go Down, Moses. | |
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| 24 | | | | Faulkner, William. "The Bear." In Go Down, Moses. (continued).
Leopold, Aldo. "The Land Ethic." | |
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| 25 | | | | Le Guin, Ursula K. "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow." | |
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| 26 | | | | Midgley, Mary. "Duties Concerning Islands."
Callicot, J. Baird. "Animal Liberation." | |
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