It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for

 — the whole thing — 

rather than just one or two stars.

Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

People must feel 

that the natural world 

is important 

and valuable 

and beautiful 

and wonderful 

and an amazement 

and a pleasure.

It seems to me that the natural world 

is the greatest source of excitement; 

the greatest source of visual beauty; 

the greatest source of intellectual interest. 

It is the greatest source of so much in life 

that makes life worth living.

The whole of science, 

and one is tempted to think 

the whole of the life of any thinking man, 

is trying to come to terms 

with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. 

Why are you here, 

and how do you fit in, 

and what's it all about.

An understanding of the natural world 

and what's in it 

is a source of not only a great curiosity 

but great fulfillment.