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Two Paradises are in one, To live in Paradise alone. MARVELL, The Garden.
Henry David Thoreau, Damion Searls, • The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861
Seawater isn’t only water but a living community.
David George Haskell • The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
Thoreau’s] intention was not to inhabit a wilderness,” he writes, “but to find wildness in a suburban setting.”36
Cal Newport • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
In the desert, efficiency, discipline, and wiliness almost invariably win out over brute force.
Kevin Fedarko • A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
A dirty secret of the conservation movement is that wilderness preserves are set up only after indigenous peoples have been decimated or forcibly removed from them, including the national parks in the United States and the Serengeti in East Africa.5 As the environmental historian William Cronon writes, “wilderness” is not a pristine sanctuary; it i
... See moreSteven Pinker • Enlightenment Now
Unlike the civilized world, wilderness invites you to sense the surrounding harmony and the utter insignificance of mankind. The
J.R. Harris • Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker
J. B. Jackson—books such as The Necessity of Ruins and The Vernacular Landscape.
William Zinsser • Writing to Learn: How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
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