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Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
Aldo Leopold
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Aldo Leopold
Age: 60 †
Born: 1887
Born: January 1
Died: 1948
Died: January 1
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The worthiness of any cause is not measured by its clean record, but by its readiness to see the blots when they are pointed out, and to change its mind.
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We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in.
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