No one ever accused Carl Rosen of not stopping to smell the roses, or, in his case, the horse manure.

WSJ: A Homegrown Fashion Mogul

Buzzing flies and the smell of horse manure suffused the air.

FORBES: Profit in a big orange box

In thirty years, our obsessive application of this concept narrowly to fossil fuels and CO2 production will seem as misguided as a nineteenth century fixation on conserving whale oil and cleaning up horse manure in the city streets.

FORBES: Sustainability -- I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means

It is hard to remember that when the 20th century began, the car was seen as a move towards cleanliness: the manure, urine and carcasses that horse-drawn transport left behind in big cities were not only unpleasant and costly to clear up, but also helped spread disease.

ECONOMIST: A Survey of the 20th Century