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Quote #7
Ten or twelve, only ten or twelve
Strokes of havoc únselve (20-21)
It doesn't take much for man to ruin the natural world. Only a dozen or so "strokes of havoc" can permanently change the environment. We're doing more than just damaging the place, says the speaker; we're causing permanent change: "unselv[ing]" Nature and converting it to an extension of human civilization.