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Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o’clock at night. I was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.

-----------David Copperfield

Before entering upon the many strange beliefs of the ancient Greeks, and the extraordinary number of gods they worshipped, we must first consider what kind of beings these divinities were.
In appearance, the gods were supposed to resemble mortals, whom, however, they far surpassed in beauty, grandeur, and strength; they were also more commanding in stature, height being considered by the Greeks an attribute of beauty in man or woman. They resembled human beings in their feelings and habits, intermarrying and having children, and requiring daily nourishment to recruit their strength, and refreshing sleep to restore their energies. Their blood, a bright ethereal fluid called Ichor, never engendered disease, and, when shed, had the power of producing new life.

------------The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

The ideas behind ecotourism are not new. Rooted in the conservation and environmental movements in the United States over the past 150 years----spurred by the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and before them, Buddhist and other philosophical ideologies----ecotourism is a new application for an age-old concept of stewardship. It recognizes the interconnections of all life and the importance of maintaining a balance between human needs and those of existing ecosystems.

-----------Ecotourism



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