What A Dull World If We Knew

Land Health Is The Capacity For Self-renewal In The Soils, Waters, Plants, And Animals That Collectively Comprise The Land.

Our Grandfathers Were Less Well-housed, Well-fed, Well-clothed Than We Are. The Strivings By Which They Bettered Their Lot Are Also Those Which Deprived Us Of [passenger] Pigeons. Perhaps We Now Grieve Because We Are Not Sure, In Our Hearts, That We Have Gained By The Exchange. The Gadgets Of Industry Bring Us More Comforts Than The Pigeons Did, But Do They Add As Much To The Glory Of The Spring?

The Land-relation Is Still Strictly Economic, Entailing Privileges But Not Obligations

A Peculiar Virtue In Wildlife Ethics Is That The Hunter Ordinarily Has No Gallery To Applaud Or Disapprove Of His Conduct

Like Winds And Sunsets, Wild Things Were Taken For Granted Until Progress Began To Do Away With Them