Spell of the Sensuous

As technological civilization diminishes the biotic diversity of the earth, language itself is diminished. As there are fewer and fewer songbirds in the air, due to the destruction of their forests and wetlands, human speech loses more and more of its evocative power.
For when we no longer hear the voices of warbler and wren, our own speaking can no longer be nourished by their cadences.
As the splashing speech of the rivers is silenced by more and more dams, as we drive more and more of
the land's wild voices into the oblivion of extinction, our own languages become increasingly impoverished and weightless, progressively emptied of their earthly resonance.


-- From Book: Spell Of The Sensuous

That's what it reminds me of, the book by Rachel Carson. Good time to reread Silent Spring and read Spell Of The Sensuous, too. Mankind has forgotten that it is also a part of nature. Many bad repercussions have resulted. Thank you for bringing the book to our attention.