It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve without generating electricity, a trumpeter swan may float on uncontaminated water - and moderns may at least see what their ancestors knew in their nerves and blood.
Bernard DeVotoThe trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole.
Bernard DeVotoThe trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.
Bernard DeVotoIt is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve without generating electricity, a trumpeter swan may float on uncontaminated water - and moderns may at least see what their ancestors knew in their nerves and blood.
Bernard DeVoto