Passions
Waterton was an early opponent of pollution. He fought a long-running court case against the owners of a soapworks which had been set up near his estate in 1839, and sent out poisonous chemicals which severely damaged the trees in the park and polluted the lake. He was eventually successful in having the soapworks moved.
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Famous quotes containing the word passions:
“There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“... there is no human being who having both passions and thoughts does not think in consequence of his passions.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)