Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity.

Beston joined the French army in 1915 and served as an ambulance driver. (1909) and M. Beston who dedicated himself as a "writer/naturalist" is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement and The Outermost House has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Henry Beston (June 1 1888 – April 15 1968) was an American writer and naturalist best known as the author of The Outermost House written in 1925.