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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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One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.
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