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The Poem Is Important, But Not More Than The People Whose Survival It Serves.

The Primary Motive For Good Care And Good Use Of The Land-community Is Always Going To Be Affection, Which Is Too Often Lacking.

Individualism Is Going Around These Days In Uniform, Handing Out The Party Line On Individualism.

The Reason To Preserve Wilderness Is That We Need It. We Need Wilderness Of All Kinds, Large And Small, Public And Private. Wee Need To Go Now And Again Into Places Where Our Work Is Disallowed, Where Our Hopes And Plans Have No Standing. We Need To Come Into The Presence Of The Unqualified And Mysterious Formality Of Creation.

Our Obsession With Security Is A Measure Of The Power We Have Granted The Future To Hold Over Us.