Thus far we have considered the problem of conservation of land purely as an economic issue. A false front of exclusively economic determinism is so habitual to Americans in discussing public questions that one must speak in the language of compound interest to get a hearing.

He who hopes for spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba. He who despairs of spring with downcast eye steps on it, unknowing. He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance.

In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial.

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands.

There is time not only to see who has done what, but to speculate why.

It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a high regard for its value. By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense.