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There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other, and the relation of people to 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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Iowa
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We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness.
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To look into the eyes of a wolf is to see your own soul - hope you like what you see.
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Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
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There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.
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