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In God's wildness lies the hope of the world — the great fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.

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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.

Our National Parks (1901)

The world, we are told, was made especially for man — a presumption not supported by all the facts.

No portion of the world is so barren as not to yield a rich and precious harvest of divine truth.

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