If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a pity that we should involve the violet and the tree frog in our departure.
Source: The Lethal Factor, in The Star Thrower, 1949.
-- Loren Eiseley, (Sep 3 1907-1977), US anthropologist, educator, author; He wrote about anthropology for the lay person in eloquent, poetic style; wrote The Star Thrower, 1949 and The Unexpected Universe, 1969.