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:
“But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other’s eyes.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
“The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“I have often felt as though I had inherited all the defiance and all the passions with which our ancestors defended their Temple and could gladly sacrifice my life for one great moment in history. And at the same time I always felt so helpless and incapable of expressing these ardent passions even by a word or a poem.”
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)