"We are of the soil and the soil is of us."

"The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all."

"Es giebt ja in der ganzen Natur keinen wichtigeren, keinen der Betrachtung würdigeren Gegenstand und wenn ein berühmt…"

"Worldwide, pharmaceutical use has been on the increase for the past century and will continue to increase into the fu…"

"Man has only a thin layer of soil between himself and starvation."

"There is no such thing as a dead soil The decomposition of organic matter in soil is a physiological process associat…"

"We are able to breathe, drink, and eat in comfort because millions of organisms and hundreds of processes are operati…"

"The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of …"

"The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

"To increase materially the productivity of the soil, it must be more effectively fertilized by artificial means. The …"