We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. I may never in my life get to Alaska, for example, but I am grateful that it’s there. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.

Suppose we were planning to impose a dictatorial regime upon the American people — the following preparations would be essential:

We are obliged, therefore, to spread the news, painful and bitter though it may be for some to hear, that all living things on earth are kindred