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校 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 薪邪写褨褩
覑褍写芯谢谢 鈥� 胁懈写邪褌薪邪 邪薪谐谢褨泄褋褜泻邪 锌褉懈屑邪褌芯谢芯谐懈薪褟, 薪邪泄泻褉邪褖邪 褋胁褨褌芯胁邪 械泻褋锌械褉褌泻邪 蟹 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械. 校 写邪谢械泻芯屑褍 1960-屑褍, 泻芯谢懈 褩泄 斜褍谢芯 写胁邪写褑褟褌褜 褕褨褋褌褜, 胁芯薪邪 锌芯谢懈褕懈谢邪 袗薪谐谢褨褞, 褖芯斜懈 胁褌褨谢懈褌懈 胁 卸懈褌褌褟 褋胁芯褞 蟹邪锌芯胁褨褌薪褍 屑褉褨褞 鈥� 胁懈胁褔邪褌懈 褌胁邪褉懈薪 胁 袗褎褉懈褑褨. 袘械蟹 芯褋胁褨褌懈 褌邪 锌褨写谐芯褌芯胁泻懈, 谢懈褕械 蟹 斜谢芯泻薪芯褌芯屑, 斜褨薪芯泻谢械屑 褨 谢褞斜芯胁鈥櫻� 写芯 写懈泻芯褩 锌褉懈褉芯写懈, 覑褍写芯谢谢 写邪谢邪 褋胁褨褌芯胁褨 覒褉褍薪褌芯胁薪褨 蟹薪邪薪薪褟 锌褉芯 薪邪泄斜谢懈卸褔懈褏 褉芯写懈褔褨胁 谢褞写懈薪懈. 袙芯薪邪 锌械褉褕芯褞 芯锌懈褋邪谢邪 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 褟泻 械屑芯褑褨泄薪懈褏 褨褋褌芯褌, 蟹写邪褌薪懈褏 锌褨写褌褉懈屑褍胁邪褌懈 褌褉懈胁邪谢褨 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻懈.
芦校 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 薪邪写褨褩禄 鈥� 邪胁褌芯斜褨芯谐褉邪褎褨褔薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 褖芯 锌械褉械薪芯褋懈褌褜 褔懈褌邪褔邪 蟹 写芯屑褨胁泻懈 覑褍写芯谢谢 褍 袥芯薪写芯薪褨 写芯 褌褉芯锌褨褔薪懈褏 谢褨褋褨胁 覑芯屑斜械 薪邪 蟹邪褏芯写褨 孝邪薪蟹邪薪褨褩 泄 褍 褔邪褋懈, 泻芯谢懈 褋胁褨褌 写褍卸械 屑邪谢芯 蟹薪邪胁 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 褨 褖械 屑械薪褕械 锌褉芯 褩褏薪褞 谐械薪械褌懈褔薪褍 褋锌芯褉褨写薪械薪褨褋褌褜 蟹 谢褞写褜屑懈. 袗胁褌芯褉泻邪 蟹褨 蟹胁芯褉褍褕谢懈胁芯褞 褖懈褉褨褋褌褞 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 薪械蟹邪斜褍褌薪褨泄 屑芯屑械薪褌, 泻芯谢懈 屑邪谢械薪褜泻懈泄 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 胁锌械褉褕械 薪褨卸薪芯 锌芯褌懈褋薪褍胁 褩褩 褉褍泻褍, 锌褉芯 卸邪褏 胁褨写 薪邪锌邪写褍 蟹邪褩褉褋褜泻懈褏 锌芯胁褋褌邪薪褑褨胁 薪邪 褩褩 褋褌褍写械薪褌褨胁, 锌褉芯 褋屑褍褌芯泻 褔械褉械蟹 褋屑械褉褌褜 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪. 袩褨褋谢褟 锌褨胁 褋褌芯谢褨褌褌褟 褉械胁芯谢褞褑褨泄薪懈褏 写芯褋谢褨写卸械薪褜 覑褍写芯谢谢 锌械褉械芯褋屑懈褋谢褞褦 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻懈 屑褨卸 谢褞写褜屑懈 褌邪 锌褉懈褉芯写芯褞 泄 胁懈褋谢芯胁谢褞褦 胁褨褉褍 胁 褌械, 褖芯 锌芯锌褉懈 胁褋械, 褖芯 胁褨写斜褍胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 蟹 锌谢邪薪械褌芯褞, 褍 薪邪褋 褍褋械 褖械 褦 薪邪写褨褟.
芦校 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 薪邪写褨褩禄 鈥� 邪胁褌芯斜褨芯谐褉邪褎褨褔薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 褖芯 锌械褉械薪芯褋懈褌褜 褔懈褌邪褔邪 蟹 写芯屑褨胁泻懈 覑褍写芯谢谢 褍 袥芯薪写芯薪褨 写芯 褌褉芯锌褨褔薪懈褏 谢褨褋褨胁 覑芯屑斜械 薪邪 蟹邪褏芯写褨 孝邪薪蟹邪薪褨褩 泄 褍 褔邪褋懈, 泻芯谢懈 褋胁褨褌 写褍卸械 屑邪谢芯 蟹薪邪胁 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 褨 褖械 屑械薪褕械 锌褉芯 褩褏薪褞 谐械薪械褌懈褔薪褍 褋锌芯褉褨写薪械薪褨褋褌褜 蟹 谢褞写褜屑懈. 袗胁褌芯褉泻邪 蟹褨 蟹胁芯褉褍褕谢懈胁芯褞 褖懈褉褨褋褌褞 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 薪械蟹邪斜褍褌薪褨泄 屑芯屑械薪褌, 泻芯谢懈 屑邪谢械薪褜泻懈泄 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 胁锌械褉褕械 薪褨卸薪芯 锌芯褌懈褋薪褍胁 褩褩 褉褍泻褍, 锌褉芯 卸邪褏 胁褨写 薪邪锌邪写褍 蟹邪褩褉褋褜泻懈褏 锌芯胁褋褌邪薪褑褨胁 薪邪 褩褩 褋褌褍写械薪褌褨胁, 锌褉芯 褋屑褍褌芯泻 褔械褉械蟹 褋屑械褉褌褜 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪. 袩褨褋谢褟 锌褨胁 褋褌芯谢褨褌褌褟 褉械胁芯谢褞褑褨泄薪懈褏 写芯褋谢褨写卸械薪褜 覑褍写芯谢谢 锌械褉械芯褋屑懈褋谢褞褦 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻懈 屑褨卸 谢褞写褜屑懈 褌邪 锌褉懈褉芯写芯褞 泄 胁懈褋谢芯胁谢褞褦 胁褨褉褍 胁 褌械, 褖芯 锌芯锌褉懈 胁褋械, 褖芯 胁褨写斜褍胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 蟹 锌谢邪薪械褌芯褞, 褍 薪邪褋 褍褋械 褖械 褦 薪邪写褨褟.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1998
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Jane Goodall
222听books2,310听followersFor the Australian academic and mystery writer, see Professor Jane R. Goodall.
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace is a world-renowned ethologist and activist inspiring greater understanding and action on behalf of the natural world every single day.
Dr. Goodall is best known for groundbreaking studies of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, transformative research that continues to this day as the longest-running wild chimpanzee study in the world. Dr. Goodall is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, a global conservation, advocacy, animal welfare, research, and youth empowerment organization, including her global Roots & Shoots program.
Dr. Goodall has worked extensively on climate action, human rights, conservation, and animal welfare issues for decades, and continues to be a central voice in the work to advance environmental progress.
Today, she is a global phenomenon spreading hope and turning it into meaningful positive impact to create a better world for people, other animals, and the planet we share.
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace is a world-renowned ethologist and activist inspiring greater understanding and action on behalf of the natural world every single day.
Dr. Goodall is best known for groundbreaking studies of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, transformative research that continues to this day as the longest-running wild chimpanzee study in the world. Dr. Goodall is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, a global conservation, advocacy, animal welfare, research, and youth empowerment organization, including her global Roots & Shoots program.
Dr. Goodall has worked extensively on climate action, human rights, conservation, and animal welfare issues for decades, and continues to be a central voice in the work to advance environmental progress.
Today, she is a global phenomenon spreading hope and turning it into meaningful positive impact to create a better world for people, other animals, and the planet we share.
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July 22, 2009
Every so often, if you are lucky, you pick up a book that speaks to you. A book that seems to know what you are struggling with at that very moment, and that book somehow soothes your soul. That was this book for me.
As a kid, I thought Goodall was awesome. Living in nature with chimpanzees! Hoots!
A few years ago, my love for her was solidified while reading The Far Side. You see, Gary Larson had a cartoon of some chimps, the female is plucking a hair off the male and says, "Another blond hair! I see you've been hanging out with that Jane Goodall tramp again!" (or something like that) Well, someone wrote a scathing letter to Larson. MEEEE-OW! Only to discover that Goodall found the cartoon hysterical.
She's got a sense of humor. I really dig that in a person.
She also loves animals and fights for their rights. I dig that, too.
Anyway, in her book she talks about love, grief, nature, HOPE. Her words reminded me to see the beauty in the world around us. Because really, even with all the ugly stuff, we are surrounded by beauty.
Oh, hell. Maybe that's just the bunny hugging, tree worshiping, otter scrubber in me talking shit.
Whatever.
I loved this book and still love Jane Goodall.
As a kid, I thought Goodall was awesome. Living in nature with chimpanzees! Hoots!
A few years ago, my love for her was solidified while reading The Far Side. You see, Gary Larson had a cartoon of some chimps, the female is plucking a hair off the male and says, "Another blond hair! I see you've been hanging out with that Jane Goodall tramp again!" (or something like that) Well, someone wrote a scathing letter to Larson. MEEEE-OW! Only to discover that Goodall found the cartoon hysterical.
She's got a sense of humor. I really dig that in a person.
She also loves animals and fights for their rights. I dig that, too.
Anyway, in her book she talks about love, grief, nature, HOPE. Her words reminded me to see the beauty in the world around us. Because really, even with all the ugly stuff, we are surrounded by beauty.
Oh, hell. Maybe that's just the bunny hugging, tree worshiping, otter scrubber in me talking shit.
Whatever.
I loved this book and still love Jane Goodall.
April 6, 2024
鈥嬧€�3 泻胁褨褌薪褟 芯写薪邪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪邪 谢褞写懈薪邪 褋胁褟褌泻褍胁邪谢邪 90-泄 写械薪褜 薪邪褉芯写卸械薪薪褟. 笑械 斜褍谢邪 胁褨写芯屑邪 锌褉懈屑邪褌芯谢芯谐懈薪褟 褌邪 锌懈褋褜屑械薪薪懈褑褟 袛卸械泄薪 覑褍写芯谢谢. 些械 写械泻褨谢褜泻邪 褌懈卸薪褨胁 褌芯屑褍 褟 薪褨褔芯谐芯 薪械 蟹薪邪胁 锌褉芯 薪械褩, 邪谢械 胁 屑芯褩褏 褉褍泻邪褏 写褍卸械 胁褔邪褋薪芯 芯锌懈薪懈谢邪褋褜 泻薪懈谐邪 胁褨写 鈥溞懶狙€芯写邪褌芯谐芯 孝邪屑邪褉懈薪邪鈥� (写芯 褉械褔褨, 褑械 锌械褉褕邪 泻薪懈谐邪 褑褜芯谐芯 胁懈写邪胁薪懈褑褌胁邪, 褟泻褍 褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪胁), 褨 褌械锌械褉 褟 写褍卸械 褌褨褕褍褋褜, 褖芯 薪邪褕械 蟹 薪械褞 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁芯 鈥溞靶惭傂狙€泻邪 鈥� 褔懈褌邪褔鈥� 胁褨写斜褍谢芯褋褜.
袛卸械泄薪 薪邪锌懈褋邪谢邪 写芯胁芯谢褨 斜邪谐邪褌芯 泻薪懈谐. 袟写邪褦褌褜褋褟 鈥溞� 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 薪邪写褨褩鈥� 鈥� 褑械 锌械褉褕邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 褟泻褍 锌械褉械泻谢邪谢懈 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻芯褞. 袟邪褉邪蟹, 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪胁褕懈 褩褩, 褌褉芯褏懈 褋褍屑薪芯 胁褨写 褌芯谐芯, 褌邪泻褨 褑褨泻邪胁褨 褌邪 蟹邪褏芯锌谢懈胁褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩, 褟泻懈屑懈 袛卸械泄薪 写褨谢懈谢邪褋褜 蟹褨 褋胁褨褌芯屑 胁 泻褨薪褑褨 90-褏, 褋褌邪谢懈 写芯褋褌褍锌薪懈屑懈 写谢褟 薪邪褋 谢懈褕械 褔械褉械蟹 写械褋褟褌泻懈 褉芯泻褨胁.
袗谢械 写芯斜褉械, 褖芯 褑械 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 胁褨写斜褍谢芯褋褜. 袘芯 褋邪屑械 褌邪泻褨 泻薪懈谐懈 写邪褉褍褞褌褜 胁褨褉褍 胁 谢褞写褋褌胁芯. 袩褉芯 胁褨褉褍 胁 谢褞写褋褌胁芯, 胁谢邪褋薪械, 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褉械褎谢械泻褋褍褦 褨 褋邪屑邪 袛卸械泄薪 褍 褑褨泄 泻薪懈蟹褨.
馃挃 鈥溞� 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 薪邪写褨褩鈥� 鈥� 褑械 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 褋胁褨褌谢邪 邪胁褌芯斜褨芯谐褉邪褎褨褔薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袛卸械泄薪 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 褋胁芯褦 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁芯, 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 胁芯薪邪 蟹 褋褨屑鈥櫻斞� 谢械写褜 薪械 蟹邪谐懈薪褍谢邪 胁褨写 薪褨屑械褑褜泻懈褏 邪胁褨邪斜芯屑斜 (胁芯薪邪 卸懈谢邪 胁 袗薪谐谢褨褩), 褟泻 胁褨写褔褍胁邪谢邪 斜谢懈蟹褜泻褨褋褌褜 蟹 锌褉懈褉芯写芯褞, 褟泻 褕褍泻邪谢邪 褋械薪褋懈 卸懈褌褌褟, 薪邪屑邪谐邪褞褔懈褋褜 斜邪谢邪薪褋褍胁邪褌懈 屑褨卸 褉械谢褨谐褨褦褞 褌邪 薪邪褍泻芯褞. 袩褨褋谢褟 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪 鈥� 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈 锌褉芯 褩褩 写芯褉芯褋谢褨褕邪薪薪褟, 锌械褉褕械 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟, 锌芯褔邪褌芯泻 写芯褋谢褨写薪懈褑褜泻芯褩 褉芯斜芯褌懈 蟹 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 褍 袗褎褉懈褑褨, 褨 锌芯胁薪械 蟹邪褔邪褉褍胁邪薪薪褟 褑懈屑懈 褋褌胁芯褉褨薪薪褟屑懈. 孝械, 褟泻 胁芯薪邪 芯锌懈褋褍胁邪谢邪 卸懈褌褌褟 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 (薪邪褋 蟹 薪懈屑懈 锌芯褦写薪褍褦 斜褨谢褜褕械, 薪褨卸 胁懈 屑芯卸械褌械 褋芯斜褨 褍褟胁懈褌懈), 蟹屑褍褕褍胁邪谢芯 屑械薪械 褋邪屑芯谐芯 胁屑懈泻邪褌懈 薪邪 Youtube 褟泻褨褋褜 写芯泻褍屑械薪褌邪谢泻懈, 褖芯斜 锌芯谐谢褟薪褍褌懈, 褟泻 褑褨 薪邪褕褨 写邪谢械泻褨 褉芯写懈褔褨 卸懈胁褍褌褜. 袙褋械, 锌褉芯 褖芯 锌懈褋邪谢邪 邪胁褌芯褉泻邪, 锌褉芯褋褟泻薪褍褌芯 褖懈褉褨褋褌褞 褌邪 谢褞斜芯胁鈥櫻�, 褨 褑械 写褍卸械 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 褔械褉械蟹 褌械泻褋褌.
袘褍谢懈 褨 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈, 褟泻褨 胁懈斜懈胁邪谢懈 褨蟹 蟹芯薪懈 泻芯屑褎芯褉褌褍. 袧邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 蟹鈥櫻徰佈冃残靶恍狙佈�, 褖芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋屑褨褕薪褨 褌邪 屑懈谢褨, 邪 褨 屑芯卸褍褌褜 斜褍褌懈 写褍卸械 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻懈屑懈, 胁斜懈胁邪褌懈 褌邪 褕屑邪褌褍胁邪褌懈 褨薪褕懈褏 蟹褨 褋胁芯谐芯 锌谢械屑械薪褨, 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褟泻褖芯 褑械 写褨褌懈. 些械 芯写懈薪 胁邪卸泻懈泄 褉芯蟹写褨谢, 褑械 褟泻 袛卸械泄薪 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 锌芯屑懈褉邪胁 胁褨写 褉邪泻褍 褩褩 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻 袛械褉械泻 (褌邪屑 褨 褋褌褉邪褏, 褨 屑褨褋褌懈泻邪, 褨 褖芯褋褜 褌懈锌褍 泻邪褌邪褉褋懈褋褍).
袦械薪褨 褑褟 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪谐邪写邪谢邪 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁芯. 袧械屑芯胁 褑褨谢懈泄 写械薪褜 谐褍谢褟胁 蟹 写褉褍蟹褟屑懈 胁 锌芯谢褨 褌邪 谢褨褋褨, 蟹屑邪谐邪谢懈褋褜 薪邪 锌邪谢懈褑褟褏, 薪械屑芯胁 褑械 褋胁褨褌谢芯胁褨 屑械褔褨, 邪 锌芯褌褨屑 胁胁械褔械褉褨 胁褌芯屑谢械薪懈泄, 邪谢械 褖邪褋谢懈胁懈泄, 褔懈褌邪褦褕 褖芯褋褜 锌褉芯 孝邪褉蟹邪薪邪 褔懈 袦邪褍谐谢褨, 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褦褕 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉褍 褨褋褌芯褉褨泄 锌褉芯 孝芯屑邪 小芯褦褉邪, 蟹邪薪褍褉褞褦褕褋褟 胁 褟泻懈泄褋褜 泻谢邪褋薪懈泄 锌褉懈谐芯写薪懈褑褜泻懈泄 褋褞卸械褌鈥�
袛褍卸械 褏芯褉芯褕懈泄 胁邪泄斜 褌邪 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟. 孝芯褌邪谢褜薪械 胁懈蟹薪邪薪薪褟 谢褞斜芯胁褨 写芯 锌褉懈褉芯写懈 胁 褔邪褋, 泻芯谢懈 褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐褨褔薪懈泄 锌褉芯谐褉械褋 薪械 蟹褍锌懈薪褟褦褌褜褋褟 薪褨 薪邪 屑懈褌褜.
袛卸械泄薪 薪邪锌懈褋邪谢邪 写芯胁芯谢褨 斜邪谐邪褌芯 泻薪懈谐. 袟写邪褦褌褜褋褟 鈥溞� 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 薪邪写褨褩鈥� 鈥� 褑械 锌械褉褕邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 褟泻褍 锌械褉械泻谢邪谢懈 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻芯褞. 袟邪褉邪蟹, 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪胁褕懈 褩褩, 褌褉芯褏懈 褋褍屑薪芯 胁褨写 褌芯谐芯, 褌邪泻褨 褑褨泻邪胁褨 褌邪 蟹邪褏芯锌谢懈胁褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩, 褟泻懈屑懈 袛卸械泄薪 写褨谢懈谢邪褋褜 蟹褨 褋胁褨褌芯屑 胁 泻褨薪褑褨 90-褏, 褋褌邪谢懈 写芯褋褌褍锌薪懈屑懈 写谢褟 薪邪褋 谢懈褕械 褔械褉械蟹 写械褋褟褌泻懈 褉芯泻褨胁.
袗谢械 写芯斜褉械, 褖芯 褑械 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 胁褨写斜褍谢芯褋褜. 袘芯 褋邪屑械 褌邪泻褨 泻薪懈谐懈 写邪褉褍褞褌褜 胁褨褉褍 胁 谢褞写褋褌胁芯. 袩褉芯 胁褨褉褍 胁 谢褞写褋褌胁芯, 胁谢邪褋薪械, 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褉械褎谢械泻褋褍褦 褨 褋邪屑邪 袛卸械泄薪 褍 褑褨泄 泻薪懈蟹褨.
馃挃 鈥溞� 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 薪邪写褨褩鈥� 鈥� 褑械 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 褋胁褨褌谢邪 邪胁褌芯斜褨芯谐褉邪褎褨褔薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袛卸械泄薪 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 褋胁芯褦 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁芯, 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 胁芯薪邪 蟹 褋褨屑鈥櫻斞� 谢械写褜 薪械 蟹邪谐懈薪褍谢邪 胁褨写 薪褨屑械褑褜泻懈褏 邪胁褨邪斜芯屑斜 (胁芯薪邪 卸懈谢邪 胁 袗薪谐谢褨褩), 褟泻 胁褨写褔褍胁邪谢邪 斜谢懈蟹褜泻褨褋褌褜 蟹 锌褉懈褉芯写芯褞, 褟泻 褕褍泻邪谢邪 褋械薪褋懈 卸懈褌褌褟, 薪邪屑邪谐邪褞褔懈褋褜 斜邪谢邪薪褋褍胁邪褌懈 屑褨卸 褉械谢褨谐褨褦褞 褌邪 薪邪褍泻芯褞. 袩褨褋谢褟 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪 鈥� 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈 锌褉芯 褩褩 写芯褉芯褋谢褨褕邪薪薪褟, 锌械褉褕械 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟, 锌芯褔邪褌芯泻 写芯褋谢褨写薪懈褑褜泻芯褩 褉芯斜芯褌懈 蟹 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 褍 袗褎褉懈褑褨, 褨 锌芯胁薪械 蟹邪褔邪褉褍胁邪薪薪褟 褑懈屑懈 褋褌胁芯褉褨薪薪褟屑懈. 孝械, 褟泻 胁芯薪邪 芯锌懈褋褍胁邪谢邪 卸懈褌褌褟 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 (薪邪褋 蟹 薪懈屑懈 锌芯褦写薪褍褦 斜褨谢褜褕械, 薪褨卸 胁懈 屑芯卸械褌械 褋芯斜褨 褍褟胁懈褌懈), 蟹屑褍褕褍胁邪谢芯 屑械薪械 褋邪屑芯谐芯 胁屑懈泻邪褌懈 薪邪 Youtube 褟泻褨褋褜 写芯泻褍屑械薪褌邪谢泻懈, 褖芯斜 锌芯谐谢褟薪褍褌懈, 褟泻 褑褨 薪邪褕褨 写邪谢械泻褨 褉芯写懈褔褨 卸懈胁褍褌褜. 袙褋械, 锌褉芯 褖芯 锌懈褋邪谢邪 邪胁褌芯褉泻邪, 锌褉芯褋褟泻薪褍褌芯 褖懈褉褨褋褌褞 褌邪 谢褞斜芯胁鈥櫻�, 褨 褑械 写褍卸械 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 褔械褉械蟹 褌械泻褋褌.
袘褍谢懈 褨 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈, 褟泻褨 胁懈斜懈胁邪谢懈 褨蟹 蟹芯薪懈 泻芯屑褎芯褉褌褍. 袧邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 蟹鈥櫻徰佈冃残靶恍狙佈�, 褖芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋屑褨褕薪褨 褌邪 屑懈谢褨, 邪 褨 屑芯卸褍褌褜 斜褍褌懈 写褍卸械 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻懈屑懈, 胁斜懈胁邪褌懈 褌邪 褕屑邪褌褍胁邪褌懈 褨薪褕懈褏 蟹褨 褋胁芯谐芯 锌谢械屑械薪褨, 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褟泻褖芯 褑械 写褨褌懈. 些械 芯写懈薪 胁邪卸泻懈泄 褉芯蟹写褨谢, 褑械 褟泻 袛卸械泄薪 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 锌芯屑懈褉邪胁 胁褨写 褉邪泻褍 褩褩 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻 袛械褉械泻 (褌邪屑 褨 褋褌褉邪褏, 褨 屑褨褋褌懈泻邪, 褨 褖芯褋褜 褌懈锌褍 泻邪褌邪褉褋懈褋褍).
袦械薪褨 褑褟 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪谐邪写邪谢邪 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁芯. 袧械屑芯胁 褑褨谢懈泄 写械薪褜 谐褍谢褟胁 蟹 写褉褍蟹褟屑懈 胁 锌芯谢褨 褌邪 谢褨褋褨, 蟹屑邪谐邪谢懈褋褜 薪邪 锌邪谢懈褑褟褏, 薪械屑芯胁 褑械 褋胁褨褌谢芯胁褨 屑械褔褨, 邪 锌芯褌褨屑 胁胁械褔械褉褨 胁褌芯屑谢械薪懈泄, 邪谢械 褖邪褋谢懈胁懈泄, 褔懈褌邪褦褕 褖芯褋褜 锌褉芯 孝邪褉蟹邪薪邪 褔懈 袦邪褍谐谢褨, 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褦褕 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉褍 褨褋褌芯褉褨泄 锌褉芯 孝芯屑邪 小芯褦褉邪, 蟹邪薪褍褉褞褦褕褋褟 胁 褟泻懈泄褋褜 泻谢邪褋薪懈泄 锌褉懈谐芯写薪懈褑褜泻懈泄 褋褞卸械褌鈥�
袛褍卸械 褏芯褉芯褕懈泄 胁邪泄斜 褌邪 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟. 孝芯褌邪谢褜薪械 胁懈蟹薪邪薪薪褟 谢褞斜芯胁褨 写芯 锌褉懈褉芯写懈 胁 褔邪褋, 泻芯谢懈 褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐褨褔薪懈泄 锌褉芯谐褉械褋 薪械 蟹褍锌懈薪褟褦褌褜褋褟 薪褨 薪邪 屑懈褌褜.
January 16, 2012
The book is by the famous anthropologist Jane Goodall, whose studies of chimpanzees revolutionized how we think of our closest relative among living species and thus how we define being human. Her title signals this book is about a lot more than that groundbreaking work. This was found in the Nature section of my neighborhood bookstore, but was recommended to me as "inspirational non-fiction" on the Ultimate Reading List. Her credited co-author Philip Berman is a theologian and the project was first conceived as "a book of interviews--questions from a theologian to an anthropologist."
Reading this I could have wished for a lot more of the anthropological and less of the spiritual. This memoir of her experiences had its pleasures and moving moments. I loved the story about how Louis Leakey recruited Goodall, who at the time had never attended a university, to go off to study chimpanzees in the wild. And I certainly found moving her story about the death of her husband from cancer. I thought she was at her best though in chapters such as "The Roots of Evil," "Precursors to War" and "Compassion and Love" when she spoke directly out of her study and observations of chimpanzees. But there's a lot in her moral, political and spiritual outlook I find antithetical to mine that made it hard at times to hear her out. Frequently I found myself irritated, and found myself skimming large parts of chapters. I frankly squirmed reading about her psychic experiences. Her style is lucid enough, but having recently read Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa, Goodall's prose did strike me in comparison as prosaic--this isn't a memoir you read out of literary merit. And when it came to so many of her political and spiritual views, there was so little I felt I hadn't heard many times before--that didn't feel like boilerplate. It's because there was so much in the book I couldn't take seriously, things outside the scope of her expertise, that despite fascinating bits in the book I can't rate this higher.
Was there any point in her arguments on issues I disagreed with where she got through to me? Interestingly, yes. Primarily in the Chapter "On the Road to Damascus" regarding animal research. I think it's significant that this was an issue where I didn't feel she was just repeating what many others had said. Her experiences observing chimpanzees, and her discussion of the cruelty of how they're treated in laboratories--ones she actually visited--resonated. Precisely because she spoke with the authority of direct experience. She also deflected a lot of my defenses by admitting the good that animal research had done; her own mother is alive because of animal research and the pig valve implanted in her heart. Yes, Goodall would like to someday eliminate animal experimentation, but the thrust of her argument was for treating the animals in laboratories as humanely as possible, and looking for alternatives. She didn't give anything like the PETA line that "A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy." And she gained my respect because of how she related how she actually sat down with researchers and worked with them to better the conditions of research animals--she didn't just hurl rhetorical bricks from outside the walls. So besides the fascinating look here and there at the experiences of a pioneering women in the study of primates, I learned a little about what it is that can break down resistance to truly considering the other side of an argument. And despite my disagreements with Goodall, at the finish of her book she had my admiration, liking and respect.
Reading this I could have wished for a lot more of the anthropological and less of the spiritual. This memoir of her experiences had its pleasures and moving moments. I loved the story about how Louis Leakey recruited Goodall, who at the time had never attended a university, to go off to study chimpanzees in the wild. And I certainly found moving her story about the death of her husband from cancer. I thought she was at her best though in chapters such as "The Roots of Evil," "Precursors to War" and "Compassion and Love" when she spoke directly out of her study and observations of chimpanzees. But there's a lot in her moral, political and spiritual outlook I find antithetical to mine that made it hard at times to hear her out. Frequently I found myself irritated, and found myself skimming large parts of chapters. I frankly squirmed reading about her psychic experiences. Her style is lucid enough, but having recently read Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa, Goodall's prose did strike me in comparison as prosaic--this isn't a memoir you read out of literary merit. And when it came to so many of her political and spiritual views, there was so little I felt I hadn't heard many times before--that didn't feel like boilerplate. It's because there was so much in the book I couldn't take seriously, things outside the scope of her expertise, that despite fascinating bits in the book I can't rate this higher.
Was there any point in her arguments on issues I disagreed with where she got through to me? Interestingly, yes. Primarily in the Chapter "On the Road to Damascus" regarding animal research. I think it's significant that this was an issue where I didn't feel she was just repeating what many others had said. Her experiences observing chimpanzees, and her discussion of the cruelty of how they're treated in laboratories--ones she actually visited--resonated. Precisely because she spoke with the authority of direct experience. She also deflected a lot of my defenses by admitting the good that animal research had done; her own mother is alive because of animal research and the pig valve implanted in her heart. Yes, Goodall would like to someday eliminate animal experimentation, but the thrust of her argument was for treating the animals in laboratories as humanely as possible, and looking for alternatives. She didn't give anything like the PETA line that "A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy." And she gained my respect because of how she related how she actually sat down with researchers and worked with them to better the conditions of research animals--she didn't just hurl rhetorical bricks from outside the walls. So besides the fascinating look here and there at the experiences of a pioneering women in the study of primates, I learned a little about what it is that can break down resistance to truly considering the other side of an argument. And despite my disagreements with Goodall, at the finish of her book she had my admiration, liking and respect.
November 2, 2011
My absolute favorite book of all time. Science, spirituality, poetry, humanity, animal behavior, motherhood, our past and our future all wrapped into one beautiful story. Jane Goodall went to the jungle at a time when it was unheard of for a woman to do so, she studied science with such a passion although she had no degree whatsoever. She looked into the depths of the jungle while contemplating the infinite stars in heaven. She looks into the darkness of our past and finds light for our future.
April 28, 2024
袣薪懈谐邪 褔懈褌邪谢邪褋褜 谢械谐泻芯, 邪谢械 薪械 薪邪写褌芯 蟹邪褔褨锌邪谢邪, 锌芯泻懈 褟 薪械 蟹褍褋褌褉褨谢邪 芦褋胁褨泄 邪斜蟹邪褑禄:
芦袩褨褋谢褟 屑褨褋褟褑褨胁 褍 袚芯屑斜械 褟 锌芯谐谢褟薪褍谢邪 褨薪褕懈屑懈 芯褔懈屑邪 薪邪 褋褌胁芯褉械薪懈泄 薪邪屑懈 芦褑懈胁褨谢褨蟹芯胁邪薪懈泄禄 褋胁褨褌 - 褋胁褨褌 褑械谐谢懈 褌邪 斜械褌芯薪薪芯谐芯 褉芯蟹褔懈薪褍, 屑褨褋褌 褨 斜褍写懈薪泻褨胁, 写芯褉褨谐, 邪胁褌芯 褨 褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐褨泄. 袩褉芯褋褟泻薪褍褌邪 写褍褏芯胁薪褨褋褌褞 褨 薪邪锌褉芯褔褍写 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪邪 锌褉懈褉芯写邪 斜褍谢邪 褌邪泻 写邪谢械泻芯, 邪 褋褌胁芯褉械薪邪 谢褞写懈薪芯褞 写褨泄褋薪褨褋褌褜 褔邪褋褌芯 蟹写邪胁邪谢邪褋褜 锌芯褌胁芯褉薪芯褞 褌邪 蟹斜褨写薪褨谢芯褞. 笑械泄 泻芯薪褌邪褋褌 写胁芯褏 褋胁褨褌褨胁 胁褉邪卸邪胁, 褨 褖芯褉邪蟹褍, 泻芯谢懈 褟 锌褉懈褩蟹写懈谢邪 蟹 袚芯屑斜械 写芯 袗薪谐谢褨褩, 屑械薪械 薪邪泻褉懈胁邪胁 写械写邪谢褨 斜褨谢褜褕懈泄 褋屑褍褌芯泻鈥β�
袗 写邪谢褨鈥� 写褍卸械 蟹胁芯褉褍褕懈谢懈 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械, 褟泻 胁芯薪懈 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪谢懈 械屑芯褑褨褩. 袟胁褨写泻懈 蟹始褟胁谢褟褦褌褜褋褟 邪谐褉械褋褨褟. 效芯屑褍 谢褞写懈 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻褨, 褔芯屑褍 胁褨泄薪懈.
孝褍褌 褋褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌械屑. /// 袩褉芯 械泻芯谢芯谐褨褞 褨 褋褌邪谢懈泄 褉芯蟹胁懈褌芯泻 褟 蟹薪邪褞 蟹 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪, 斜芯 胁懈屑 蟹邪泄屑邪褦褌褜褋褟 屑芯褟 屑邪屑邪. 携 薪邪胁褨褌褜 泻芯褉屑 写谢褟 褋胁芯谐芯 锌械褋懈泻邪 泻褍锌褍褞 蟹 锌褉懈屑褨褌泻芯褞 芦屑始褟褋芯 褌胁邪褉懈薪 胁褨谢褜薪芯谐芯 胁懈谐褍谢褍禄, 薪械 泻邪卸褍褔懈 胁卸械 锌褉芯 褟泄褑褟 褨 褉械褕褌褍 写谢褟 褋械斜械. 孝芯屑褍 斜邪谐邪褌芯 锌懈褌邪薪褜 - 褟 蟹薪邪褞鈥� /// 邪谢械 锌褨褋谢褟 谢懈褕 写械泻褨谢褜泻芯褏 邪斜蟹邪褑褨胁 - 褟 胁锌械褉褕械 蟹邪写褍屑邪谢邪褋褜 锌褉芯 胁械谐械褌邪褉褨邪薪褌褋褌胁芯 (邪斜芯 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯, 屑械薪褕芯谐芯 褋锌芯卸懈胁邪薪薪褟 屑始褟褋邪鈥� 褌褉械斜邪 锌芯写褍胁邪褌懈) . 袪芯蟹写褨谢 锌褉芯 写芯褋谢褨写懈 薪邪写 褌胁邪褉懈薪邪屑懈 褔懈褌邪胁褋褟 胁邪卸泻芯, 褏芯褔 褨 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞, 褖芯 褔邪褋芯屑 斜械蟹 褑褜芯谐芯 薪褨褟泻, 邪谢械 褑褞 锌褉邪胁写褍 泻芯褉懈褋薪芯 蟹薪邪褌懈, 褑褨薪褍胁邪褌懈.
袘邪谐邪褌芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯, 谢械谐泻邪 锌芯写邪褔邪, 褟泻 卸懈褌懈 锌褨褋谢褟 胁褌褉邪褌懈, 褌褉邪胁屑懈, 锌褉芯 胁褨褉褍 胁 袘芯谐邪, - 胁褋褨 褌械屑懈 写褍卸械 薪褨卸薪芯 褨 胁谢褍褔薪芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪褨. 袩褉懈泻谢邪写, 泻芯谢懈 褌邪泻褋懈褋褌 薪械 屑邪胁 蟹写邪褔褨 蟹 褔邪泄芯胁懈褏 / 褨 袛卸械泄薪 褋泻邪蟹邪谢邪, 褖芯 芯泻 褏邪泄 斜褍写械- 褉械褕褌褍 锌芯卸械褉褌胁褍泄褌械 胁 褎芯薪写 写芯锌芯屑芯谐懈, 褟泻懈泄 褌邪泻褋懈褋褌 薪械 胁懈蟹薪邪胁邪胁 褨 褖芯 斜褍谢芯 写邪谢褨 - 褑械 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁懈泄 锌褨写褏褨写.
袘邪谐邪褌芯 写芯斜褉芯褌懈
褨 薪邪写褨褩
芦袩褨褋谢褟 屑褨褋褟褑褨胁 褍 袚芯屑斜械 褟 锌芯谐谢褟薪褍谢邪 褨薪褕懈屑懈 芯褔懈屑邪 薪邪 褋褌胁芯褉械薪懈泄 薪邪屑懈 芦褑懈胁褨谢褨蟹芯胁邪薪懈泄禄 褋胁褨褌 - 褋胁褨褌 褑械谐谢懈 褌邪 斜械褌芯薪薪芯谐芯 褉芯蟹褔懈薪褍, 屑褨褋褌 褨 斜褍写懈薪泻褨胁, 写芯褉褨谐, 邪胁褌芯 褨 褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐褨泄. 袩褉芯褋褟泻薪褍褌邪 写褍褏芯胁薪褨褋褌褞 褨 薪邪锌褉芯褔褍写 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪邪 锌褉懈褉芯写邪 斜褍谢邪 褌邪泻 写邪谢械泻芯, 邪 褋褌胁芯褉械薪邪 谢褞写懈薪芯褞 写褨泄褋薪褨褋褌褜 褔邪褋褌芯 蟹写邪胁邪谢邪褋褜 锌芯褌胁芯褉薪芯褞 褌邪 蟹斜褨写薪褨谢芯褞. 笑械泄 泻芯薪褌邪褋褌 写胁芯褏 褋胁褨褌褨胁 胁褉邪卸邪胁, 褨 褖芯褉邪蟹褍, 泻芯谢懈 褟 锌褉懈褩蟹写懈谢邪 蟹 袚芯屑斜械 写芯 袗薪谐谢褨褩, 屑械薪械 薪邪泻褉懈胁邪胁 写械写邪谢褨 斜褨谢褜褕懈泄 褋屑褍褌芯泻鈥β�
袗 写邪谢褨鈥� 写褍卸械 蟹胁芯褉褍褕懈谢懈 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械, 褟泻 胁芯薪懈 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪谢懈 械屑芯褑褨褩. 袟胁褨写泻懈 蟹始褟胁谢褟褦褌褜褋褟 邪谐褉械褋褨褟. 效芯屑褍 谢褞写懈 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻褨, 褔芯屑褍 胁褨泄薪懈.
孝褍褌 褋褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌械屑. /// 袩褉芯 械泻芯谢芯谐褨褞 褨 褋褌邪谢懈泄 褉芯蟹胁懈褌芯泻 褟 蟹薪邪褞 蟹 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪, 斜芯 胁懈屑 蟹邪泄屑邪褦褌褜褋褟 屑芯褟 屑邪屑邪. 携 薪邪胁褨褌褜 泻芯褉屑 写谢褟 褋胁芯谐芯 锌械褋懈泻邪 泻褍锌褍褞 蟹 锌褉懈屑褨褌泻芯褞 芦屑始褟褋芯 褌胁邪褉懈薪 胁褨谢褜薪芯谐芯 胁懈谐褍谢褍禄, 薪械 泻邪卸褍褔懈 胁卸械 锌褉芯 褟泄褑褟 褨 褉械褕褌褍 写谢褟 褋械斜械. 孝芯屑褍 斜邪谐邪褌芯 锌懈褌邪薪褜 - 褟 蟹薪邪褞鈥� /// 邪谢械 锌褨褋谢褟 谢懈褕 写械泻褨谢褜泻芯褏 邪斜蟹邪褑褨胁 - 褟 胁锌械褉褕械 蟹邪写褍屑邪谢邪褋褜 锌褉芯 胁械谐械褌邪褉褨邪薪褌褋褌胁芯 (邪斜芯 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯, 屑械薪褕芯谐芯 褋锌芯卸懈胁邪薪薪褟 屑始褟褋邪鈥� 褌褉械斜邪 锌芯写褍胁邪褌懈) . 袪芯蟹写褨谢 锌褉芯 写芯褋谢褨写懈 薪邪写 褌胁邪褉懈薪邪屑懈 褔懈褌邪胁褋褟 胁邪卸泻芯, 褏芯褔 褨 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞, 褖芯 褔邪褋芯屑 斜械蟹 褑褜芯谐芯 薪褨褟泻, 邪谢械 褑褞 锌褉邪胁写褍 泻芯褉懈褋薪芯 蟹薪邪褌懈, 褑褨薪褍胁邪褌懈.
袘邪谐邪褌芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯, 谢械谐泻邪 锌芯写邪褔邪, 褟泻 卸懈褌懈 锌褨褋谢褟 胁褌褉邪褌懈, 褌褉邪胁屑懈, 锌褉芯 胁褨褉褍 胁 袘芯谐邪, - 胁褋褨 褌械屑懈 写褍卸械 薪褨卸薪芯 褨 胁谢褍褔薪芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪褨. 袩褉懈泻谢邪写, 泻芯谢懈 褌邪泻褋懈褋褌 薪械 屑邪胁 蟹写邪褔褨 蟹 褔邪泄芯胁懈褏 / 褨 袛卸械泄薪 褋泻邪蟹邪谢邪, 褖芯 芯泻 褏邪泄 斜褍写械- 褉械褕褌褍 锌芯卸械褉褌胁褍泄褌械 胁 褎芯薪写 写芯锌芯屑芯谐懈, 褟泻懈泄 褌邪泻褋懈褋褌 薪械 胁懈蟹薪邪胁邪胁 褨 褖芯 斜褍谢芯 写邪谢褨 - 褑械 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁懈泄 锌褨写褏褨写.
袘邪谐邪褌芯 写芯斜褉芯褌懈
褨 薪邪写褨褩
November 21, 2010
I love Jane Goodall, but this wasn't quite as powerful as I expected it to be. It was interesting reading about spiritual views from a scientist, and I loved her detailed descriptions of her time in Gombe with the chimpanzees. Goodall really has experienced a lot of sadness and horror in her life and it was inspiring to see how she always managed to turn back to faith. But a lot of the book was just too preachy for me and (do I dare say this? Yes, I dare) too Christian. I guess when I picked up the book I expected almost a Native American type of spiritual view of the world rather than the same sort of Christian ideas that have been pounded in me since birth (though Goodall does learn to find God in nature more than anywhere else). Still, I found myself much more absorbed in her tales of Africa and sighing in frustration whenever she came to one of her long religious tangents. Also, the book felt very scattered and unfocused to me. But in the end, I still love Jane Goodall. I love what she has done for the earth, for nature and for animals, and this book really did make me love her even more.
April 30, 2024
褑褨泻邪胁懈泄 褎邪泻褌: 褑械 写械斜褞褌锟斤拷懈泄 锌械褉械泻谢邪写 褌械褌褟薪懈 泻褨写褉褍泻 褨 芯写薪邪 蟹 褍谢褞斜谢械薪懈褏 褩褩 泻薪懈卸芯泻. 褖械 芯写懈薪 褑褨泻邪胁懈泄 褎邪泻褌 褑械 褋邪屑邪 写卸械泄薪 覒褍写芯谢谢, 褟泻邪 褋褌邪谢邪 褎械薪芯屑械薪芯屑 胁 薪邪褍泻芯胁芯屑褍 褋胁褨褌褨 褨 锌械褉褕芯褞 卸褨薪泻芯褞, 褖芯 斜械蟹 薪邪谢械卸薪芯褩 芯褋胁褨褌懈 胁懈褉褍褕懈谢邪 胁 邪褎褉懈泻褍 胁懈胁褔邪褌懈 锌褉懈屑邪褌褨胁, 褨 蟹褉械褕褌芯褞 胁褨写褋褍褌薪褨褋褌褜 芯褋胁褨褌懈 褋褌邪谢邪 褩褩 锌械褉械胁邪谐芯褞, 邪写卸械 薪褨褟泻褨 薪邪褍泻芯胁褨 芯斜屑械卸械薪薪褟 薪械 蟹褍锌懈薪褟谢懈 褩褩 胁褨写 褨薪褌褍褩褌懈胁薪芯谐芯 褋锌芯褋褌械褉械卸械薪薪褟 蟹邪 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械.
褑械 褔邪褋褌泻芯胁芯 邪胁褌芯斜褨芯谐褉邪褎褨褟 褋邪屑芯褩 写卸械泄薪, 薪邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 褔械褉械蟹 褑械 斜褍谢芯 写芯胁芯谢褨 褋泻谢邪写薪芯 胁褌褟谐薪褍褌懈褋褜, 邪谢械 褑械 写芯锌芯屑芯谐谢芯 泻褉邪褖械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨褌懈 邪胁褌芯褉泻褍 褟泻 谢褞写懈薪褍 褨 褟泻 薪邪褍泻芯胁懈褑褞. 褔懈屑 胁芯薪邪 泻械褉褍胁邪谢邪褋褜 褍 褋胁芯褩褏 褋锌芯褋褌械褉械卸械薪薪褟褏, 褖芯 胁锌谢懈胁邪谢芯 薪邪 褩褩 谢褞斜芯胁 写芯 锌褉懈褉芯写懈 褨 褟泻褨 谢褞写懈 芯褌芯褔褍胁邪谢懈 褩褩 褍 胁邪卸谢懈胁褨 锌械褉褨芯写懈 卸懈褌褌褟. 邪谢械 蟹胁褨褋薪芯, 斜褨谢褜褕褨褋褌褜 褌械泻褋褌褍 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械, 褨 褑械 斜褍谢芯 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯. 胁芯薪懈 褦写懈薪褨 褌胁邪褉懈薪懈 褟泻褨 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褞褌褜 蟹薪邪褉褟写写褟 锌褉邪褑褨 (褉邪薪褨褕械 褋邪屑械 褑械泄 褎邪泻褌 胁懈写褨谢褟胁 谢褞写械泄 蟹-锌芯屑褨卸 褨薪褕懈褏 卸懈胁懈褏 褨褋褌芯褌), 胁芯薪懈 屑邪褞褌褜 胁谢邪褋薪褨 蟹胁懈褔邪褩, 械屑芯褑褨褩 褨 屑褨屑褨泻褍, 胁芯薪懈 芯斜褨泄屑邪褞褌褜褋褟 褨 褋屑褨褞褌褜褋褟. 褑械 胁褋械 写褍卸械 锌芯写褨斜薪芯 写芯 谢褞写褋褜泻芯褩 锌芯胁械写褨薪泻懈 褨 褑械 写懈胁薪芯 褍褋胁褨写芯屑谢褞胁邪褌懈.
写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 谢褞写褋褜泻懈褏 邪褋锌械泻褌褨胁 (胁褨泄薪邪, 屑芯褉邪谢褜, 褋褨屑械泄薪褨 蟹胁'褟蟹泻懈) 邪胁褌芯褉泻邪 褉芯蟹谐谢褟写邪谢邪 写芯褌懈褔薪芯 写芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械. 褩屑 褌械卸 锌褉懈褌邪屑邪薪薪褨 褑褨 褉械褔褨, 褨 胁 薪懈褏 胁芯薪懈 薪械 屑械薪褕 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻褨 (胁褨泄薪邪 屑褨卸 谐褉褍锌邪屑懈 写芯褏芯写懈褌褜 写芯 蟹谐褍褉褌芯胁邪薪懈褏 薪邪锌邪写褨胁 5 锌褉芯褌懈 1 褨 泻邪薪褨斜邪谢褨蟹屑褍) 褨 薪械 屑械薪褕 褖懈褉褨 (胁芯薪懈 锌褨写褌褉懈屑褍褞褔褨 褨 褔褍泄薪褨). 屑褨泄 褍谢褞斜谢械薪懈泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 薪邪锌械胁薪芯 褌芯泄, 写械 写卸械泄薪 胁褨写屑芯胁懈谢邪褋褜 薪邪蟹懈胁邪褌懈 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 薪芯屑械褉邪屑懈, 褨 泻芯卸薪芯屑褍 写邪胁邪谢邪 胁谢邪褋薪械 褨屑'褟.
锌褉芯 褉械谢褨谐褨褞 胁 泻薪懈蟹褨. 褩褩 褌褍褌 写褨泄褋薪芯 斜邪谐邪褌芯, 邪胁褌芯褉泻邪 写褍卸械 褉械谢褨谐褨泄薪邪 褨 屑芯屑械薪褌邪屑懈 屑芯卸械 蟹写邪胁邪褌懈褋褟 薪褨斜懈 褋胁芯褞 褉械谢褨谐褨褞 胁芯薪邪 褏芯褔械 薪邪胁'褟蟹邪褌懈 褔懈褌邪褔褍, 褔械褉械蟹 褑械 褨薪芯写褨 胁邪卸泻芯 褔懈褌邪谢芯褋褜. 邪谢械 锌褉懈 褑褜芯屑褍 褑褟 褉械谢褨谐褨泄薪褨褋褌褜 薪械 蟹邪胁邪卸邪褦 褩泄 斜褍褌懈 薪邪褍泻芯胁懈褑械褞, 斜芯谐邪 胁芯薪邪 褋锌褉懈泄屑邪褦 褟泻 褖芯褋褜 写芯锌芯屑褨卸薪械, 褨 褋胁芯褦褉褨写薪邪 谢芯谐褨泻邪 胁 褑褜芯屑褍 褦. 蟹邪谐邪谢芯屑 泻薪懈谐邪 屑械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褜, 胁芯薪邪 胁褨写泻褉懈胁邪褦 褖芯褋褜 蟹芯胁褋褨屑 薪芯胁械, 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈褌褜 蟹 褨薪褕懈屑 褋胁褨褌芯屑 褨 锌芯泻邪蟹褍褦 褉褨蟹薪懈褏 谢褞写械泄.
褑械 褔邪褋褌泻芯胁芯 邪胁褌芯斜褨芯谐褉邪褎褨褟 褋邪屑芯褩 写卸械泄薪, 薪邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 褔械褉械蟹 褑械 斜褍谢芯 写芯胁芯谢褨 褋泻谢邪写薪芯 胁褌褟谐薪褍褌懈褋褜, 邪谢械 褑械 写芯锌芯屑芯谐谢芯 泻褉邪褖械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨褌懈 邪胁褌芯褉泻褍 褟泻 谢褞写懈薪褍 褨 褟泻 薪邪褍泻芯胁懈褑褞. 褔懈屑 胁芯薪邪 泻械褉褍胁邪谢邪褋褜 褍 褋胁芯褩褏 褋锌芯褋褌械褉械卸械薪薪褟褏, 褖芯 胁锌谢懈胁邪谢芯 薪邪 褩褩 谢褞斜芯胁 写芯 锌褉懈褉芯写懈 褨 褟泻褨 谢褞写懈 芯褌芯褔褍胁邪谢懈 褩褩 褍 胁邪卸谢懈胁褨 锌械褉褨芯写懈 卸懈褌褌褟. 邪谢械 蟹胁褨褋薪芯, 斜褨谢褜褕褨褋褌褜 褌械泻褋褌褍 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械, 褨 褑械 斜褍谢芯 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯. 胁芯薪懈 褦写懈薪褨 褌胁邪褉懈薪懈 褟泻褨 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褞褌褜 蟹薪邪褉褟写写褟 锌褉邪褑褨 (褉邪薪褨褕械 褋邪屑械 褑械泄 褎邪泻褌 胁懈写褨谢褟胁 谢褞写械泄 蟹-锌芯屑褨卸 褨薪褕懈褏 卸懈胁懈褏 褨褋褌芯褌), 胁芯薪懈 屑邪褞褌褜 胁谢邪褋薪褨 蟹胁懈褔邪褩, 械屑芯褑褨褩 褨 屑褨屑褨泻褍, 胁芯薪懈 芯斜褨泄屑邪褞褌褜褋褟 褨 褋屑褨褞褌褜褋褟. 褑械 胁褋械 写褍卸械 锌芯写褨斜薪芯 写芯 谢褞写褋褜泻芯褩 锌芯胁械写褨薪泻懈 褨 褑械 写懈胁薪芯 褍褋胁褨写芯屑谢褞胁邪褌懈.
写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 谢褞写褋褜泻懈褏 邪褋锌械泻褌褨胁 (胁褨泄薪邪, 屑芯褉邪谢褜, 褋褨屑械泄薪褨 蟹胁'褟蟹泻懈) 邪胁褌芯褉泻邪 褉芯蟹谐谢褟写邪谢邪 写芯褌懈褔薪芯 写芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械. 褩屑 褌械卸 锌褉懈褌邪屑邪薪薪褨 褑褨 褉械褔褨, 褨 胁 薪懈褏 胁芯薪懈 薪械 屑械薪褕 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻褨 (胁褨泄薪邪 屑褨卸 谐褉褍锌邪屑懈 写芯褏芯写懈褌褜 写芯 蟹谐褍褉褌芯胁邪薪懈褏 薪邪锌邪写褨胁 5 锌褉芯褌懈 1 褨 泻邪薪褨斜邪谢褨蟹屑褍) 褨 薪械 屑械薪褕 褖懈褉褨 (胁芯薪懈 锌褨写褌褉懈屑褍褞褔褨 褨 褔褍泄薪褨). 屑褨泄 褍谢褞斜谢械薪懈泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 薪邪锌械胁薪芯 褌芯泄, 写械 写卸械泄薪 胁褨写屑芯胁懈谢邪褋褜 薪邪蟹懈胁邪褌懈 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 薪芯屑械褉邪屑懈, 褨 泻芯卸薪芯屑褍 写邪胁邪谢邪 胁谢邪褋薪械 褨屑'褟.
锌褉芯 褉械谢褨谐褨褞 胁 泻薪懈蟹褨. 褩褩 褌褍褌 写褨泄褋薪芯 斜邪谐邪褌芯, 邪胁褌芯褉泻邪 写褍卸械 褉械谢褨谐褨泄薪邪 褨 屑芯屑械薪褌邪屑懈 屑芯卸械 蟹写邪胁邪褌懈褋褟 薪褨斜懈 褋胁芯褞 褉械谢褨谐褨褞 胁芯薪邪 褏芯褔械 薪邪胁'褟蟹邪褌懈 褔懈褌邪褔褍, 褔械褉械蟹 褑械 褨薪芯写褨 胁邪卸泻芯 褔懈褌邪谢芯褋褜. 邪谢械 锌褉懈 褑褜芯屑褍 褑褟 褉械谢褨谐褨泄薪褨褋褌褜 薪械 蟹邪胁邪卸邪褦 褩泄 斜褍褌懈 薪邪褍泻芯胁懈褑械褞, 斜芯谐邪 胁芯薪邪 褋锌褉懈泄屑邪褦 褟泻 褖芯褋褜 写芯锌芯屑褨卸薪械, 褨 褋胁芯褦褉褨写薪邪 谢芯谐褨泻邪 胁 褑褜芯屑褍 褦. 蟹邪谐邪谢芯屑 泻薪懈谐邪 屑械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褜, 胁芯薪邪 胁褨写泻褉懈胁邪褦 褖芯褋褜 蟹芯胁褋褨屑 薪芯胁械, 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈褌褜 蟹 褨薪褕懈屑 褋胁褨褌芯屑 褨 锌芯泻邪蟹褍褦 褉褨蟹薪懈褏 谢褞写械泄.
July 19, 2010
A very serious book covering very serious subject matter. I found this almost exhausting to read, especially the last third. I even took a highlighter out at one point so I wouldn't have to search some of the text for quotes.
I believe most people my age are familiar with the work of Jane Goodall. In this memoir she gives some background into her childhood and describes her years observing chimpanzee behavior. She draws very interesting parallels to humanity and our struggle with the aggression that arises from our instincts for self preservation. She also draws conclusions about animal and human instincts for nuturing, care taking and altruism. She discusses her divorce and second marriage, motherhood and her eventual involvement in causes for animal cruelty environmental preservation, and pathways to understanding amid cultural and religious diversity.
The last chapters take you down to the worst of humanity and the evils we perpetrate against the animals, each other. This followed by her reasons in hope for the future, including using our creativity and intellect for the greater good and a firm hope in the ability and energies of our youth. She writes antecdotally and reflectively. You hear tinges of Buddhist and Native American philosophy.
The subject matter was so intense that I felt on overwhelm. Some of it was sheer guilt for what I don't do and how I can possibly change my lifestyle. Other times it was impatience with what felt like rambling and a page later I would be in wonder and inspired??? A small part of me feels cynical about our ability to overcome so many negatives in our society. My overwhelm comes from a long term personal struggle of discernment. Where I can use my abilities responsibly and effectively? I can't fix everything, even within my community much less globally. So what piece do I choose to give my time, talents and treasure to? I have quite mixed feelings.
I still highly recommend this book, but take it in pieces, with some time to digest and reflect, which I didn't have. !
I believe most people my age are familiar with the work of Jane Goodall. In this memoir she gives some background into her childhood and describes her years observing chimpanzee behavior. She draws very interesting parallels to humanity and our struggle with the aggression that arises from our instincts for self preservation. She also draws conclusions about animal and human instincts for nuturing, care taking and altruism. She discusses her divorce and second marriage, motherhood and her eventual involvement in causes for animal cruelty environmental preservation, and pathways to understanding amid cultural and religious diversity.
The last chapters take you down to the worst of humanity and the evils we perpetrate against the animals, each other. This followed by her reasons in hope for the future, including using our creativity and intellect for the greater good and a firm hope in the ability and energies of our youth. She writes antecdotally and reflectively. You hear tinges of Buddhist and Native American philosophy.
The subject matter was so intense that I felt on overwhelm. Some of it was sheer guilt for what I don't do and how I can possibly change my lifestyle. Other times it was impatience with what felt like rambling and a page later I would be in wonder and inspired??? A small part of me feels cynical about our ability to overcome so many negatives in our society. My overwhelm comes from a long term personal struggle of discernment. Where I can use my abilities responsibly and effectively? I can't fix everything, even within my community much less globally. So what piece do I choose to give my time, talents and treasure to? I have quite mixed feelings.
I still highly recommend this book, but take it in pieces, with some time to digest and reflect, which I didn't have. !
September 7, 2009
Reason for Hope is the single most inspiring book I have ever had the privilege of reading. Five out of Five stars is an understatement. Jane Goodall is kind, compassionate and honest as she writes about her life experiences, the human race, our duties as part of the human race. She speaks candidly about how we might go on hoping when so much of what we have created here on earth is harming the things we need most to take care of: mother nature, the wildlife, and each other. Her peaceful outlook on spirituality, religion and our position on this earth is not only refreshing and humbling, but moving to the core. Please, everyone, read this book. It will truly change your soul and invigorate your spirit.
April 1, 2024
袧邪褋泻褨谢褜泻懈 褑褨泻邪胁芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 锌褉芯 写芯褋谢褨写卸械薪薪褟 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械 褨 邪褎褉懈泻邪薪褋褜泻褨 谢褨褋懈 褍 锌械褉褕褨泄 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪褨 泻薪懈卸泻懈 褨 褟泻 胁褋械 褋褍屑薪芯 褨 薪邪褩胁薪芯 褋泻芯褌懈谢芯褋褜 写芯 斜芯谐邪 褍 写褉褍谐褨泄. 袦邪谢邪 薪邪写褨褞, 褖芯 锌褉芯 褋锌芯褋褌械褉械卸械薪薪褟 褨褖械 斜褍写械 写邪谢褨, 褨薪邪泻褕械 斜 薪械 写芯褔懈褌褍胁邪谢邪 胁褋械
March 15, 2022
I've seen a documentary on Jane Goodall, but never read her books. This was my first one and I'm glad I did. The book gave a different perspective on the big events that we know and love from her. It's her thoughts on those things based on some journals. Yes, there was a religious theme to it and she applied certain passages of the bible to her thoughts on things happening. I thought it was well done and didn't seem like she was forcing me to listen to her position on God. The information is good at the end to give you more.
I will say that after I finished, I kind of felt despair for our humanity and planet seeing the way people reacted with Covid, especially the young and the legislation being passed in my state alone. It didn't inspire hope for our future. But then I got over it, because there are good people out there. And like Goodall says that we just need to reach a few.
She did repeat information and she tended to ramble. She should have ended at Chapter 16, Hope. The last two chapters went on and on and really didn't wrap up anything for me. I felt like the story just dragged on when Hope was the best conclusion chapter. For instance, the last chapter, she said, and now I come to the end and then wrote four more pages of rambling.
With all that, I did like the book and recommend it. I also have a few things to add to my own changes in the household to help with the environment.
I will say that after I finished, I kind of felt despair for our humanity and planet seeing the way people reacted with Covid, especially the young and the legislation being passed in my state alone. It didn't inspire hope for our future. But then I got over it, because there are good people out there. And like Goodall says that we just need to reach a few.
She did repeat information and she tended to ramble. She should have ended at Chapter 16, Hope. The last two chapters went on and on and really didn't wrap up anything for me. I felt like the story just dragged on when Hope was the best conclusion chapter. For instance, the last chapter, she said, and now I come to the end and then wrote four more pages of rambling.
With all that, I did like the book and recommend it. I also have a few things to add to my own changes in the household to help with the environment.
May 8, 2009
Before reading this book I only knew of Jane Goodall as 鈥渢hat woman who studies apes鈥�. This autobiography is an open window into the soul of a woman who I now consider to be a very special gift to humanity鈥� a gift to all living things on this earth. She takes us through her formative years and helps us to understand the origins of her compassion for animals. Goodall also writes with great candor about her marriages, her spiritual ups and downs, her victories and her defeats along with the great pain and immense joy that she has experienced. She also describes many of the deeply inspiring people she has met in her travels to virtually every corner of the Earth. Even if one does not agree with all she has to offer, the effectiveness of her delivery makes it seem impossible for anyone to read this book and put it down without having come to understand that we, in the big picture, are now in our most important stage of evolution as human beings鈥� the evolution of our spirituality. In a world where we are bombarded daily by pain and suffering at every level of our existence this sweet and loving woman does indeed give us 鈥淎 Reason for Hope鈥�.
April 18, 2024
5猸愶笍
袛褍卸械 锌褨蟹薪邪胁邪谢褜薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袗胁褌芯褉泻邪, 褟泻褨泄 蟹邪褉邪蟹 89 (泻薪懈谐邪 胁懈泄褕谢邪 褍 1999) - 薪邪褋锌褉邪胁写褨 写褍卸械 泻褉褍褌械蟹薪邪 卸褨薪泻邪. 校 泻薪懈蟹褨 胁芯薪邪 锌芯写褨谢懈谢邪褋褜 锌褉芯 褋胁芯褦 芦褑褨泻邪胁械禄 卸懈褌褌褟, 写芯褋胁褨写 袛褉褍谐芯褩 褋胁褨褌芯胁芯褩, 泻芯谢懈 褩泄 斜褍谢芯 5 褉芯泻褨胁 褨 褟泻 胁褋械 薪邪 薪械褩 胁锌谢懈薪褍谢芯 褍 锌芯写邪谢褜褕芯屑褍. 携泻邪 斜芯褉械褌褜褋褟 蟹邪 芦锌褉邪胁邪禄 褌胁邪褉懈薪 褨 屑邪褦 褋胁褨泄 褨薪褋褌懈褌褍褌 写谢褟 褉械邪谢褨蟹邪褑褨褩 蟹邪写褍屑邪薪芯谐芯. 袙芯薪邪 褦 写褍卸械 褉械谢褨谐褨泄薪芯, 锌褉懈褋胁褟褌懈谢邪 锌褉邪泻褌懈褔薪芯 胁褋械 褋胁芯褦 卸懈褌褌褟 胁懈胁褔械薪薪褞 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械, 胁褋褨 褩褩 写褍屑泻懈 写褍卸械 褎褨谢芯褋芯褎褋褜泻褨 褌邪 斜谢懈蟹褜泻褨 屑械薪褨. 袣薪懈谐邪, 褟泻褍 胁邪褉褌芯 褔懈褌邪褌懈. 袛褟泻褍褞 褋褨屑械泄褋褌胁褍 袣褨写褉褍泻褍 蟹邪 褑褞 泻薪懈谐褍!
袪械泻芯屑械薪写褍褞.
袛褍卸械 锌褨蟹薪邪胁邪谢褜薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袗胁褌芯褉泻邪, 褟泻褨泄 蟹邪褉邪蟹 89 (泻薪懈谐邪 胁懈泄褕谢邪 褍 1999) - 薪邪褋锌褉邪胁写褨 写褍卸械 泻褉褍褌械蟹薪邪 卸褨薪泻邪. 校 泻薪懈蟹褨 胁芯薪邪 锌芯写褨谢懈谢邪褋褜 锌褉芯 褋胁芯褦 芦褑褨泻邪胁械禄 卸懈褌褌褟, 写芯褋胁褨写 袛褉褍谐芯褩 褋胁褨褌芯胁芯褩, 泻芯谢懈 褩泄 斜褍谢芯 5 褉芯泻褨胁 褨 褟泻 胁褋械 薪邪 薪械褩 胁锌谢懈薪褍谢芯 褍 锌芯写邪谢褜褕芯屑褍. 携泻邪 斜芯褉械褌褜褋褟 蟹邪 芦锌褉邪胁邪禄 褌胁邪褉懈薪 褨 屑邪褦 褋胁褨泄 褨薪褋褌懈褌褍褌 写谢褟 褉械邪谢褨蟹邪褑褨褩 蟹邪写褍屑邪薪芯谐芯. 袙芯薪邪 褦 写褍卸械 褉械谢褨谐褨泄薪芯, 锌褉懈褋胁褟褌懈谢邪 锌褉邪泻褌懈褔薪芯 胁褋械 褋胁芯褦 卸懈褌褌褟 胁懈胁褔械薪薪褞 锌褉芯 褕懈屑锌邪薪蟹械, 胁褋褨 褩褩 写褍屑泻懈 写褍卸械 褎褨谢芯褋芯褎褋褜泻褨 褌邪 斜谢懈蟹褜泻褨 屑械薪褨. 袣薪懈谐邪, 褟泻褍 胁邪褉褌芯 褔懈褌邪褌懈. 袛褟泻褍褞 褋褨屑械泄褋褌胁褍 袣褨写褉褍泻褍 蟹邪 褑褞 泻薪懈谐褍!
袪械泻芯屑械薪写褍褞.
April 17, 2018
"Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other. Together we must reestablish our connections with the natural world and the Spiritual Power that is around us. And then we can move, triumphantly, joyously, into the final stage of human evolution- spiritual evolution."
H谩 raz玫es para ter esperan莽a.
H谩 raz玫es para ter esperan莽a.
May 20, 2023
This is one of those books that came at the right time - it seems as though it was given to me. And indeed this book is a great gift to the human race, and now more necessary then ever, more than two decades since its publication.
It is not difficult to find reasons for despair. Just turn on the news for a minute or two and you will soon be plunged into a deep depression, or you will so numb yourself to the pain that you can no longer feel the joy of love, of friendship, or blue skies, or sailboats on the sea in the early morning.
In a world where we are so often encouraged to despair, it takes courage to go against the current and choose hope. It takes courage to say, as Jane Goodall does at the end of each of her lectures, "Together we can, together we will!"
Jane Goodall has become something of a personal hero to me. I am grateful that she has been given to us. What is so encouraging about this book is not so much what she says but rather who she is, and how her person comes through in each page of this book. She has sought, in her life, to embody that great theological virtue given to us by St Paul - namely, hope.
I found it so encouraging to learn of her many, many struggles as she tried to chart her way forward in this life. It is so encouraging to know that she, like me, for many long periods has not been certain of her path in life. It was not until she was 26 that she was finally able to fulfil her dream of going to Africa. It was not until she was in her late forties, I believe, that she discovered her important mission of advocating for the dignity of chimpanzee life - and indeed, all natural life.
Over this past year I have been tormented by the ghosts of the Second World War. How is it possible that human beings, with souls, hearts and minds, could so dehumanise their brothers and sisters to see them as "not human"? It is heartbreaking. How is it possible that despite the many devastating events of the twentieth century, we so often fall back into our old ways, treating others with cruelty and not seeing the human face in the other person?
These are questions that do not admit easy answers. Perhaps the only answer one can give to such questions is to lead a life that so affirms the beauty and majesty of human life - and indeed all life - as to become an answer unto itself. To be a living embodiment of those great virtues that Christ embodied and St Paul put into words: Faith, Hope and Love. "But the greatest of these is love."
While Jane, as I will call her now, on account of the very deep connection I felt to her throughout this book, talks a great deal about hope, what inspires me more about her is how she embodies and practices that other virtue, that greatest of the virtues. And she does this without saying it - without saying the word. That four-letter word that is the great mystery at the heart of the cosmos. As soon as we say it, it loses its power. It can only be a hidden driving force, nestled deep within the human heart, driving us on as we go through life, manifesting itself through our silent deeds and our gentle words.
Jane gives me hope, and that is what we all need at this difficult time in human history. We need to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We need to believe in our goodness and the goodness of our neighbour - or more than that, in our worth, in our dignity.
Jane makes an important point towards the end of the book, and I would like to end this review with it. She says that the way we relate with other life - human or otherwise - changes the kind of person that we are. When we treat the other with cruelty, we distort ourselves, thereby not only dehumanising the other but also dehumanising ourselves. It is important that we notice the image of the Creator in the person, or animal, or plant in front of us, and therefore treat him, her or it with dignity. We must apologise when we fail to do this. And this goes not only for others, but also for ourselves. We must apologise when we fail to act with dignity towards ourselves. Only kindness, only mercy, only forgiveness can heal the many wounds that have so deeply scarred our world. And in Jane we have a good example.
Thank you for reading this humble review and best wishes to you.
It is not difficult to find reasons for despair. Just turn on the news for a minute or two and you will soon be plunged into a deep depression, or you will so numb yourself to the pain that you can no longer feel the joy of love, of friendship, or blue skies, or sailboats on the sea in the early morning.
In a world where we are so often encouraged to despair, it takes courage to go against the current and choose hope. It takes courage to say, as Jane Goodall does at the end of each of her lectures, "Together we can, together we will!"
Jane Goodall has become something of a personal hero to me. I am grateful that she has been given to us. What is so encouraging about this book is not so much what she says but rather who she is, and how her person comes through in each page of this book. She has sought, in her life, to embody that great theological virtue given to us by St Paul - namely, hope.
I found it so encouraging to learn of her many, many struggles as she tried to chart her way forward in this life. It is so encouraging to know that she, like me, for many long periods has not been certain of her path in life. It was not until she was 26 that she was finally able to fulfil her dream of going to Africa. It was not until she was in her late forties, I believe, that she discovered her important mission of advocating for the dignity of chimpanzee life - and indeed, all natural life.
Over this past year I have been tormented by the ghosts of the Second World War. How is it possible that human beings, with souls, hearts and minds, could so dehumanise their brothers and sisters to see them as "not human"? It is heartbreaking. How is it possible that despite the many devastating events of the twentieth century, we so often fall back into our old ways, treating others with cruelty and not seeing the human face in the other person?
These are questions that do not admit easy answers. Perhaps the only answer one can give to such questions is to lead a life that so affirms the beauty and majesty of human life - and indeed all life - as to become an answer unto itself. To be a living embodiment of those great virtues that Christ embodied and St Paul put into words: Faith, Hope and Love. "But the greatest of these is love."
While Jane, as I will call her now, on account of the very deep connection I felt to her throughout this book, talks a great deal about hope, what inspires me more about her is how she embodies and practices that other virtue, that greatest of the virtues. And she does this without saying it - without saying the word. That four-letter word that is the great mystery at the heart of the cosmos. As soon as we say it, it loses its power. It can only be a hidden driving force, nestled deep within the human heart, driving us on as we go through life, manifesting itself through our silent deeds and our gentle words.
Jane gives me hope, and that is what we all need at this difficult time in human history. We need to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We need to believe in our goodness and the goodness of our neighbour - or more than that, in our worth, in our dignity.
Jane makes an important point towards the end of the book, and I would like to end this review with it. She says that the way we relate with other life - human or otherwise - changes the kind of person that we are. When we treat the other with cruelty, we distort ourselves, thereby not only dehumanising the other but also dehumanising ourselves. It is important that we notice the image of the Creator in the person, or animal, or plant in front of us, and therefore treat him, her or it with dignity. We must apologise when we fail to do this. And this goes not only for others, but also for ourselves. We must apologise when we fail to act with dignity towards ourselves. Only kindness, only mercy, only forgiveness can heal the many wounds that have so deeply scarred our world. And in Jane we have a good example.
Thank you for reading this humble review and best wishes to you.
November 9, 2020
Science teaches us to explore the world logically, step by step, breaking down everything to its minutest parts and understanding each component. Think particle physics, microbiology, semiconductors. Knowing to manipulate nature, such as by identifying a cell鈥檚 chemical composition is thought akin to knowing the nature of the cell itself. Our prior knowledge sometimes precludes us from understanding or appreciating the complexity of nature.
The best of scientists such as Einstein and Darwin, however have been mystics. They listened to nature instead of being misguided by what they already know. Jane Goodall is one such scientist. As a child, she grew up among nature and was fascinated by animals. Although she lacked the financial resources to pursue higher education, she put herself on a path to go to Africa to work with animals by working in London as a secretary and saving up money.
In Africa, she happened to meet Louis Leakey an Anthropologist who was looking for fossils to learn about human evolution. After working with him for a while, Leakey sent her to Gombe, a forest in Tanzania to learn about Chimpanzees.
Goodall lived in the forests of Gombe for many years, and allowed the chimpanzees to teach her about themselves. Although they were not known to interact with human beings, as soon as they realized this human was harmless, the chimpanzees allowed her to follow them, and stay close during intimate moments. She, along with a growing team, learnt about their lifestyle, their moments of affection, and anger.
She was in fact shocked when she found out chimpanzees were highly territorial and sometimes killed each other brutally in territorial conflict. Do they attain pleasure in inflicting pain on others? If so, is it dissimilar from human tendency for the same? Think about it, why do we slow down to see an accident, how about America鈥檚 funniest videos? Why does it feel good to thrash Donald Trump after this election, to see him being booed, humiliated? This characteristic, common to humans and chimpanzees is called cultural speciation, explains Goodall. We see as ourselves everyone similar to us and those dissimilar we think to be lower than us. Oh, those dumb American villagers that vote for Trump!
The information when it became public was controversial. Some dismissed her stories as anecdotal. Some did not want her to publish these results since people will take it as validation for their aggressive behavior. This seemed like a precursor to wars, that only humans are capable of.
As she dug deep into her spiritual self to not only answer others but also herself, she realized that Chimps were capable of love as much as hatred, if not more. Love not only towards kin, which could be read as a mechanism to propagate their species, but towards strangers. If hatred is a common thread between primates so is love.
The second half of the book mirroring her life, leaves the forest and leads her into lecture rooms and policy discussions. She discusses animal testing and factory farming, some of the cruel methods humans use in their search for prosperity; and her efforts to educate people against such practices. She implores us not only to think logically and do what is profitable but also be one with Nature in spirituality, something that is slowly vanishing from our nature. Scientists do not have to follow the party line on God just because there is no repeatable proof.
In this very positive memoir, Goodall follows the thread of love and offers hope, through her own example and through other human beings who have been capable of love despite tragedy and suffering. She comes across as very humble, her language is simple yet powerful. It can move you to tears at many instances, yet is no where close to being a sad book. If you haven鈥檛 done so already put it on top of your must reads.
September 1, 2021
鈥業f only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution- and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity.鈥�
A very moving and powerful book. I loved the stories about the chimps the most but (surprisingly, since I am most decidedly not a Christian) I think the spiritual chapters in this book were beautifully written too.
Although some parts of the book were terribly sad I do think the title Reason for Hope is still one that fits. The one thing that I just didn鈥檛 feel comfortable with though were her talks about race. I can鈥檛 pinpoint exactly why but it just felt weird.
A very moving and powerful book. I loved the stories about the chimps the most but (surprisingly, since I am most decidedly not a Christian) I think the spiritual chapters in this book were beautifully written too.
Although some parts of the book were terribly sad I do think the title Reason for Hope is still one that fits. The one thing that I just didn鈥檛 feel comfortable with though were her talks about race. I can鈥檛 pinpoint exactly why but it just felt weird.
May 6, 2019
I enjoyed the insights into early chimp observation, but didn't really get into Jane's philosophy. Too much woo, and "call it god, call it a conscience" type of mysticism. I was pretty unimpressed with her grasp of evolutionary theory, particularly how natural selection operates, which is disappointing in someone who's rubbed shoulders with real scientists her whole life. She critiques Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, but she can't possibly have read it, because he directly answers those criticisms throughout the book. She also gives off a vibe that she's a little bit proud of being a researcher who had no silly formal training. I think it's more naivete than true hubris. She is, after all, sweet and endearing. But I can totally understand why 'real' scientists were critical and frustrated with her results, produced by methods that have long been shown to bias the outcomes.
April 1, 2024
袨褔褨泻褍胁邪谢邪 胁褨写 泻薪懈谐懈 褨薪褕芯谐芯. 袙芯薪邪 薪械 锌褉芯 锌褉懈屑邪褌褨胁, 邪 斜褨谢褜褕械 锌褉芯 褉芯蟹写褍屑懈 锌褉芯 卸懈褌褌褟, 谢褞写褋褌胁芯 褌邪 褕泻芯写褍, 褟泻褍 屑懈 薪邪薪芯褋懈屑芯 锌褉懈褉芯写褨.
孝褍褌 褦 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褋锌褨褉薪懈褏 屑芯屑械薪褌褨胁, 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯 泻芯谢懈 袛卸械泄薪 褟胁谢褟褞褌褜褋褟 屑械褉褌胁褨 谢褞写懈, 邪斜芯 "褌邪薪芯泻 屑懈褉褍" 胁褨写 卸褍褉邪胁谢褨胁 褟泻 锌芯褋谢邪薪薪褟 胁褨写 薪懈褏 锌褨写 褔邪褋 斜芯屑斜邪褉写褍胁邪薪薪褟 袉褉邪泻褍. 携 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞, 褖芯 泻芯卸械薪 屑芯卸械 斜邪褔懈褌懈 褨 胁褨褉懈褌懈 胁 褌械, 褖芯 褏芯褔械褌褜褋褟, 邪谢械 屑械薪褨 褑械 薪械 胁褨写谐褍泻褍褦褌褜褋褟 蟹芯胁褋褨屑. 孝芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋芯薪 褨 卸褍褉邪胁谢褨, 褟泻褨 褉芯泻邪屑懈 褔懈 写械褋褟褌懈谢褨褌褌褟屑懈 锌褉懈谢褨褌邪褞褌褜 薪邪 褉褨褔泻褍 褨 褌邪薪褑褞褞褌褜, 邪 袛卸械泄薪 芯锌懈薪懈谢邪褋褜 褋邪屑械 胁 褑械泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 褌邪屑, 褌芯屑褍 褑械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 蟹斜褨谐 芯斜褋褌邪胁懈薪.
携泻 蟹邪泻谢懈泻 锌芯褔邪褌懈 斜褨谢褜褕 褍胁邪卸薪芯 褋褌邪胁懈褌懈褋褜 写芯 锌褉懈褉芯写懈 鈥� 泻薪懈谐邪 薪械 锌芯谐邪薪邪, 邪谢械 胁褋械 褨薪褕械 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯 胁懈泻谢懈泻邪谢芯 褋泻械锌褌懈褑懈蟹屑 褍 屑械薪械.
孝褍褌 褦 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褋锌褨褉薪懈褏 屑芯屑械薪褌褨胁, 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯 泻芯谢懈 袛卸械泄薪 褟胁谢褟褞褌褜褋褟 屑械褉褌胁褨 谢褞写懈, 邪斜芯 "褌邪薪芯泻 屑懈褉褍" 胁褨写 卸褍褉邪胁谢褨胁 褟泻 锌芯褋谢邪薪薪褟 胁褨写 薪懈褏 锌褨写 褔邪褋 斜芯屑斜邪褉写褍胁邪薪薪褟 袉褉邪泻褍. 携 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞, 褖芯 泻芯卸械薪 屑芯卸械 斜邪褔懈褌懈 褨 胁褨褉懈褌懈 胁 褌械, 褖芯 褏芯褔械褌褜褋褟, 邪谢械 屑械薪褨 褑械 薪械 胁褨写谐褍泻褍褦褌褜褋褟 蟹芯胁褋褨屑. 孝芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋芯薪 褨 卸褍褉邪胁谢褨, 褟泻褨 褉芯泻邪屑懈 褔懈 写械褋褟褌懈谢褨褌褌褟屑懈 锌褉懈谢褨褌邪褞褌褜 薪邪 褉褨褔泻褍 褨 褌邪薪褑褞褞褌褜, 邪 袛卸械泄薪 芯锌懈薪懈谢邪褋褜 褋邪屑械 胁 褑械泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 褌邪屑, 褌芯屑褍 褑械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 蟹斜褨谐 芯斜褋褌邪胁懈薪.
携泻 蟹邪泻谢懈泻 锌芯褔邪褌懈 斜褨谢褜褕 褍胁邪卸薪芯 褋褌邪胁懈褌懈褋褜 写芯 锌褉懈褉芯写懈 鈥� 泻薪懈谐邪 薪械 锌芯谐邪薪邪, 邪谢械 胁褋械 褨薪褕械 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯 胁懈泻谢懈泻邪谢芯 褋泻械锌褌懈褑懈蟹屑 褍 屑械薪械.
August 11, 2016
I was fascinated to learn about Goodall's life and her research with the chimpanzees, but could have done without all the religious stuff. Granted, it's probably not fair to get annoyed at all the religion in a book with the subtitle "A Spiritual Journey."
December 1, 2017
H谩 pessoas com hist贸rias de vida inacredit谩veis. H谩 pessoas que s茫o uma enorme inspira莽茫o e eu tive a sorte de poder ouvi-la ao vivo. Foi um dia maravilhoso. Este livro conta a hist贸ria da autora. Nele Jane fala sobre v谩rios aspectos, desde a tortura aos animais, 脿s quest玫es climat茅ricas mas, sobretudo, o que mais gosto 茅 a esperan莽a que ela nos empregna. Com tanta coisa a correr mal no mundo, Jane continua a acreditar no poder que est谩 em cada um de n贸s. Porque se perdermos a esperan莽a paramos de lutar, e isso n茫o deve ser considerado sequer uma hip贸tese.
May 18, 2023
4/5 猸愶笍
I own this book but ended up listening to it on Libby since Jane narrates it herself. I loved hearing about her journeys and lifetime. Her mission for the chimpanzees is so inspiring and genuine. Love her to bits and pieces 鉂わ笍
I own this book but ended up listening to it on Libby since Jane narrates it herself. I loved hearing about her journeys and lifetime. Her mission for the chimpanzees is so inspiring and genuine. Love her to bits and pieces 鉂わ笍
April 14, 2025
A great read and an inspirational person and so brave.
January 17, 2019
I enjoyed hearing about Jane鈥檚 upbringing and how it has shaped her amazing worldview today. She also narrated the audiobook in her lovely soothing English accent!
May 27, 2021
Originally published on my book blog, .
I remember watching Jane Goodall specials from National Geographic when I was a kid. So, when I saw her 2000 book Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey at a book sale, I grabbed it right up. This is a memoir, but it鈥檚 also a treatise on how nature connects us to the bigger essence of spirituality around us. And it鈥檚 a discussion of how learning more about nature connects us to our own humanity.
Despite watching all those TV specials, I didn鈥檛 remember much about Goodall鈥檚 back story. And her discussion of growing up in rural England during World War II was interesting. The best parts of the story were her indomitable mother and grandmother, Vanne and Danny. Yes, she couldn鈥檛 say Grammy, but she could say Danny. Goodall carries those frugal values throughout her life, noting often that today鈥檚 younger generation doesn鈥檛 understand even slight deprivations.
Still, the best part of the book is hearing about the chimpanzees of the Gombe forest in Tanzania. She talks about learning to track them, and how they ultimately accepted her. Over and over, she compares the chimps to humans in terms of tasks, socialization, and emotion. Because we have much to learn about what makes the two species both the same and vastly different.
As the book progresses, Goodall switches gears and talks about her advocacy work. It started with a visit to a research lab using chimpanzees and now extends to broader issues like climate change. She effectively connects lessons learned during her time in Gombe and Africa with everything.
My conclusions
For me, the best parts of this book were the stories of Goodall鈥檚 life and her advocacy. The spiritual aspects of her thought process were interesting but not as compelling. As a child, she attended traditional Congregational church. But in her adulthood, her spirituality connects more to nature, including Native American and Eastern spiritual practices.
As she discusses man鈥檚 inhumanity, Goodall refers often to Nazi Germany. I suppose this is because that happened during such a formative time in her life. On the other hand, I was stunned to find only two or three references to the slave trade. Especially considering her long-standing relationships with Tanzanian staff and researchers in Gombe. She just never mentions how unspeakably cruel it was for the English and other white people to forcibly remove Africans from their home villages. Not to mention all the cruelties inflicted on them once they were sold into slavery.
Still, if you鈥檙e curious to know more about Goodall鈥檚 life and decades of work on behalf of chimpanzees around the world, read this book. It鈥檚 well written and interesting, if a little dated.
with by Rachel Carson, another groundbreaking woman studying nature and science. Or try by R. L. Maizes for a fictional look at a woman with a unique connection to animals.
I remember watching Jane Goodall specials from National Geographic when I was a kid. So, when I saw her 2000 book Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey at a book sale, I grabbed it right up. This is a memoir, but it鈥檚 also a treatise on how nature connects us to the bigger essence of spirituality around us. And it鈥檚 a discussion of how learning more about nature connects us to our own humanity.
Despite watching all those TV specials, I didn鈥檛 remember much about Goodall鈥檚 back story. And her discussion of growing up in rural England during World War II was interesting. The best parts of the story were her indomitable mother and grandmother, Vanne and Danny. Yes, she couldn鈥檛 say Grammy, but she could say Danny. Goodall carries those frugal values throughout her life, noting often that today鈥檚 younger generation doesn鈥檛 understand even slight deprivations.
Still, the best part of the book is hearing about the chimpanzees of the Gombe forest in Tanzania. She talks about learning to track them, and how they ultimately accepted her. Over and over, she compares the chimps to humans in terms of tasks, socialization, and emotion. Because we have much to learn about what makes the two species both the same and vastly different.
As the book progresses, Goodall switches gears and talks about her advocacy work. It started with a visit to a research lab using chimpanzees and now extends to broader issues like climate change. She effectively connects lessons learned during her time in Gombe and Africa with everything.
My conclusions
For me, the best parts of this book were the stories of Goodall鈥檚 life and her advocacy. The spiritual aspects of her thought process were interesting but not as compelling. As a child, she attended traditional Congregational church. But in her adulthood, her spirituality connects more to nature, including Native American and Eastern spiritual practices.
As she discusses man鈥檚 inhumanity, Goodall refers often to Nazi Germany. I suppose this is because that happened during such a formative time in her life. On the other hand, I was stunned to find only two or three references to the slave trade. Especially considering her long-standing relationships with Tanzanian staff and researchers in Gombe. She just never mentions how unspeakably cruel it was for the English and other white people to forcibly remove Africans from their home villages. Not to mention all the cruelties inflicted on them once they were sold into slavery.
Still, if you鈥檙e curious to know more about Goodall鈥檚 life and decades of work on behalf of chimpanzees around the world, read this book. It鈥檚 well written and interesting, if a little dated.
with by Rachel Carson, another groundbreaking woman studying nature and science. Or try by R. L. Maizes for a fictional look at a woman with a unique connection to animals.
May 26, 2015
The name Jane Goodall often brings to mind sentimental visions of Africa and an unimposing, tree-hugging scientist turned activist. Indeed, Jane Goodall spent much of her life in the African wilderness, alone but for the company of flora and fauna (including her famed chimpanzees) and continues, now well into her 80鈥瞫, to travel the world spreading awareness about a wide range of environmental issues. The stereotype of calm, collected, and relentlessly hopeful is grounded in truth. I鈥檓 apparently not the only one curious about her ability to maintain such graceful positivity and endless energy to change the world; she wrote this book in response to that question.
I鈥檓 ashamed to say I can be a bit of a defeatist at times. Particularly of late, burned out in my work with people and increasingly cynical, it鈥檚 hard for me to imagine winning this fight. Humans clearly don鈥檛 care about animals. They don鈥檛 care about the environment. They don鈥檛 care about anyone outside of themselves and their direct community (and, at times, not even that much). Our government and political systems are corrupt and utterly out of control and the citizens of this supposed democracy don鈥檛 seem inclined to get off the damn couch, let alone vote, inform themselves, or work to restore a healthier world. We鈥檙e greedy and fat and simultaneously self-centered and self-destructive. We鈥檙e killing ourselves and everything around us with our ignorance and apathy.
Goodall鈥檚 sense of hope in the face of such hopelessness is, to say the least, impressive. And despite my initial inclination to call it naive, I can鈥檛 help but wonder if it is better to live in cynical misery or (possibly false) hope. Which will do the world more good? Which will save me from my own self-destruction?
Although I don鈥檛 share Goodall鈥檚 belief in a traditional God, I do have a more vague sense of spirituality. I believe that we鈥檙e all connected to each other and to the Earth, and that doing good in the world ultimately means doing good for yourself. My Greater Power can be found in the inherent interconnectedness of all that exists. Which, according to Goodall, can be enough to propel oneself into optimism and advocacy.
Maybe that鈥檚 the truth. There鈥檚 a fluffy, cliche-loving piece of me that desperately wants to follow suit. I want to be hopeful and to work toward a better life, but it鈥檚 all so overwhelming. Despite her explanations, I honestly don鈥檛 know how she does it. How she finds her smile, keeps her temper, and patiently tries to inform a closed-off species of their own idiocy. It must be exhausting.
In the end, it seems that her spirituality, the possibilities associated with the next generation, and the genuinely good people in this world are enough to feed her and keep her moving forward; on to the next city, the next country, the next speaking engagement, environmental event, or award ceremony.
Moral of this story? I hope that one day I can hope like Jane Goodall.
I鈥檓 ashamed to say I can be a bit of a defeatist at times. Particularly of late, burned out in my work with people and increasingly cynical, it鈥檚 hard for me to imagine winning this fight. Humans clearly don鈥檛 care about animals. They don鈥檛 care about the environment. They don鈥檛 care about anyone outside of themselves and their direct community (and, at times, not even that much). Our government and political systems are corrupt and utterly out of control and the citizens of this supposed democracy don鈥檛 seem inclined to get off the damn couch, let alone vote, inform themselves, or work to restore a healthier world. We鈥檙e greedy and fat and simultaneously self-centered and self-destructive. We鈥檙e killing ourselves and everything around us with our ignorance and apathy.
Goodall鈥檚 sense of hope in the face of such hopelessness is, to say the least, impressive. And despite my initial inclination to call it naive, I can鈥檛 help but wonder if it is better to live in cynical misery or (possibly false) hope. Which will do the world more good? Which will save me from my own self-destruction?
Although I don鈥檛 share Goodall鈥檚 belief in a traditional God, I do have a more vague sense of spirituality. I believe that we鈥檙e all connected to each other and to the Earth, and that doing good in the world ultimately means doing good for yourself. My Greater Power can be found in the inherent interconnectedness of all that exists. Which, according to Goodall, can be enough to propel oneself into optimism and advocacy.
Maybe that鈥檚 the truth. There鈥檚 a fluffy, cliche-loving piece of me that desperately wants to follow suit. I want to be hopeful and to work toward a better life, but it鈥檚 all so overwhelming. Despite her explanations, I honestly don鈥檛 know how she does it. How she finds her smile, keeps her temper, and patiently tries to inform a closed-off species of their own idiocy. It must be exhausting.
In the end, it seems that her spirituality, the possibilities associated with the next generation, and the genuinely good people in this world are enough to feed her and keep her moving forward; on to the next city, the next country, the next speaking engagement, environmental event, or award ceremony.
Moral of this story? I hope that one day I can hope like Jane Goodall.
November 27, 2020
I had to read this for school for my environmental studies course. I personally was not a fan of this book and I practically counted the pages until I could end. I'm sure if I wasn't reading this as an assignment I would have enjoyed it more. I personally would not recommend, but this also personally isn't the type of story I gravitate towards.
March 3, 2019
I heard Jane speak and her talk was pretty much the first part of this book. She is an inspiration and a remarkable, accomplished person. The style was very readable and much like her personality; calm, thoughtful and deliberate. I did not find much hope until the very end and then it was meager. When she frequently references the atrocities humans do to one another, the rape of the planet, the greed of many, the aggression of both animals and humans and the status of our environment, I found myself getting depressed and discouraged. Her point is that we each can do even one small thing a day that will have a positive, collective impact on the world around us, seems so minimal that it is hard to believe. Goodall's work which started out so isolated has grown into a worldwide movement. Her voice is so important. Her foundation has a mission that ought to be taught in every classroom so as to inspire future generations to behave better.
March 9, 2009
This is the kind of book you have for a couple years, having bought it at a used book store for a couple bucks, but it sits around, until one day you spy it on your shelf and decide to toss it in your bag "just in case." Then when you open it to start reading, the next thing you know, it's been an hour and you're already on page 54!
Amazon reviewers have called Jane Goodall not a "great writer" but I feel like the simple style contributes to the flow of the writing - you don't realize how fast you are devouring the words yet it's not difficult to understand, nor is it boring.
The title, Reason for Hope, is so apt. I consider myself a pretty cynical person, but the way Jane Goodall writes, and her stories, everything comes together so well that maybe, just maybe, you think there is a reason to hope.
Amazon reviewers have called Jane Goodall not a "great writer" but I feel like the simple style contributes to the flow of the writing - you don't realize how fast you are devouring the words yet it's not difficult to understand, nor is it boring.
The title, Reason for Hope, is so apt. I consider myself a pretty cynical person, but the way Jane Goodall writes, and her stories, everything comes together so well that maybe, just maybe, you think there is a reason to hope.
July 13, 2014
This memoir is highly evocative and beautifully written. If I had any influence on the UK educational curriculum I would make it a compulsory read. My reasoning? It teaches much more about the natural world, and it's champions, than anything else I've read. The implications for humanity and the future of the earth are clearly demarcated. Jane Goodall gives us a unique, heartfelt, insider's view of the world of the chimpanzee and the influence that we humans exert on the future of all of us. We are at a crossroads. We have choices. The least we can do is make informed choices and hopefully invoke change to secure the future for our children.
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