a conservationist manifesto (excerpt)

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Part 1.

cig o eh 1

Building Arks

Common Wealth 23 A Few Earthy Words 43

wo Stones 59

Te Warehouse and the Wilderness 69

Part 2. cig o Hom Goud 89

Te Geography o Somewhere 91Hometown 107

On Loan fom the Sundance Sea 117

Big rees, Still Water, all Grass 127

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Part 3.

cig o Gios o com 155Wilderness as a Sabbath or the Land 157

Simplicity and Sanity 169

Stillness 193

A Conservationist Maniesto 209

For the Children 221

Wods o thks 229nos 23

fuh rdig 237



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h w mn: “bw nng h mp. yu

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xn, dup m h, nd dv m pc xncn

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nd nd w gn ngng h cmmn, hugh

cu nd nd w cuc. W dpnd n cun hd

gd, rm ble clme nd prlc cen hne gvernmen

nd xcn ch.

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hppng cn x ; whv hwn w , hppng cn ;

whv qu hu u, hppg c pv h w. a

cn d nd cgt ud h gn, “G Msuf,” nd h mgh erve he mt r ur enre cmmercl cul-

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dnk wh dhng cch n, v h gn: GRb. GUlP.

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h wn’ md u, n h n pduc nh,

hugh v chnn cmmuncn, wn-u hu d.

T cmmn wh ng dvud h -cd mk, wh vhg l, hg h. T puu

p c h p n n cnm, n u wn m,

nd pc n h Und s, hn ww vhng

m h nn h cmgnc pcum. in d

nc nd dnd h uc wng, w nd

cunvng vn h pwu h h un-

d mkpc.i’m gueng h everyne redng hee lne h le glmped

uch mpv v. yu’v m lvg huhl

nd nghhd uud wh v nd pc. yu’v dmd

vng n cmmun h ju, uu, hmnu, nd du-

l, cmmu h vlu ll cz, h mk m

h pc, h dw ng m wnd nd un, h m mn

wn nd m c uc, h nuh nng nd h, nd h pc h ng uu gnn. yu’v

dmd ngng nn uch cmmun, nd wd

uch nn.

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chhg u cmm wlh. i pk common cu

cu h. T w v m v

mnng xchng ; ugg gvng nd cvng. T

mg wealth d ck weal nd well; wh mn,

, w, uh. s common wealth mc h

hd cndn nd g nc humn uhng. i n

n nvn pp n uc; vng, unng

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u n h m. yu wn’ hm dvd n V.

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cn, wh m h-n n ucnng vhng h mgh

hv h wd public tchd .

Where yu’re lkely her peple lkng bu ur cmmn welh ck p, unn mng, v, cnc n h

pk. yu’ k h uch k mng pp cnng up v,

plnng ree n rvged hllde, reclmng n bndned rl yrd

pgund, unng h-d n cmmun gdn.

in h, u’ h mn u hd wh whv pp

cme geher preerve, rere, r cree mehng r he gd

h cmmun, nd n m h wn pv dvng.\

in h w ung amcn dmcc, ax d cquv -

vd n un nc wn h puu pn dvng

nd cncn h cmmn gd. on h n hnd, h mnd

n n wh mn-mkng nd pv gn, hn h

muned me lpm: “n nly de demcrcy mke every mn rge h ncer, bu hde h decendn nd epre h

cnmp m hm; hw hm ck v upn hm

n, nd hn n h nd cnn hm n whn h -

ude h wn her.” on he her hnd, he remrked, “in n cunry

n he wrld, d he czen mke uch exern r he cmmn wel.

i knw n pp wh hv hd ch numu nd

ccu, pc puc whp t ud h wn h

nhn, d kp n t p.”

snce cquevlle mde he bervn n he 1830, he blnce

w lpm lum, uch lc v x, h

cn n . T p cpn nd phnhp h

dzzd h vng Fnchmn v n amc, u

h n vhdwd mpn pvm. T mh h c

cmpc, whch emphze ur dependence n ne nher, h been

g dpcd h mh -nc.

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