Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.

All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.

Wilderness, then, assumes unexpected importance as a laboratory for the study of land - health.

I love all trees, but I am in love with pines.

What a dull world if we knew all about geese!

Is it possible to preserve the element of Unknown Places in our national life? Is it practicable to do so, without undue loss in economic values? I say 'yes' to both questions. But we must act vigorously and quickly, before the remaining bits of wilderness have disappeared.

That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.