...nature in which many facts remained to be discovered: "It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined" (p. 63). And White made discoveries, in the "fullness" of the environment as a whole. In more ways...

...wealth in the modern world, to destroy any place. — Wendell Berry, "Out of Your Car, Off Your Horse" All nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined. — Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbome[ij6%] You expect to wait. You expect...

...meaning in the simple statement of White of Selborne: "It is, I find, in zoology as it is in Botany, all nature is so full that that district produces the greatest variety that is the most examined." Second: There had arisen a small class of writers who more or less habitually...

...Samuel Hearne did. Interestingly, he corresponded with Thomas Pennant and in 1768 wrote Pennant, saying "All nature is so full that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined." 82 White also spoke in terms that parallel the views of the entrepreneurs of the fur trade: "Nature...

...taxonomic order is keenly dependent upon the observer. 'It is in zoology as it is in botany,' White argues: 'all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined' (55). The truth that matters, White suggests, are not abstractions or universal similitudes, but facts...

...inspiration to aspiring naturalists. Known as the patron saint of the amateur naturalist, White wrote, "all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined."172 At Pelee in early May, many eyes bring forth the unexpected, but as bird columnist Peter...

...is rich in results. It was Gilbert White who as long ago as 1768 wrote of his quiet English garden: "All nature is so full that that district produces the greatest variety which is most examined." It is quite safe to say that patient observation in very limited areas leads eventually...

...interest the parsonnaturalist of Selborne. 'All nature is so full,' he wrote in his imperishable book, ' that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.' What better proof of the truth of his statement could he ask than the record of this little plot of...