EARTH
She receives us at our birth, nourishes
us when we are born, and ever afterward
supports us, lastly, embracing us in her
bosom when we are rejected by the rest
of nature, she then covers us with a spe-
cial tenderness.
Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder)
AD 23-79
Natural History
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