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We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.
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 rich diversity of the world's cultures reflects a corresponding diversity in the wilds that gave them birth.
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Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither god nor poet one need only own a shovel.
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Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
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Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy.
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If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not.
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But wherever the truth may lie, this much is crystal-clear: our bigger-and-better society is now like a hypochondriac, so obsessed with its own economic health as to have lost the capacity to remain healthy. . . . Nothing could be more salutary at this stage than a little healthy contempt for a plethora of material blessings.
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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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Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.
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Hemispheric solidarity is new among statesmen, but not among the feathered navies of the sky.
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Bread and beauty grow best together. Their harmonious integration can make farming not only a business but an art the land not only a food-factory but an instrument for self-expression, on which each can play music to his own choosing.
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To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste to others, the most valuable part.
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The elemental simplicities of wilderness travel were thrills. They represented complete freedom to make mistakes. The wilderness gave those rewards and penalties, for wise and foolish acts against which civilization has built a thousand buffers.
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We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
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