“Wilderness is two things-fact and feeling. It is a fund of knowledge and a spring of influence. It is the ultimate source of health-terrestrial and human.” HumansTwoFactsFeelingsInfluenceSourceSpringUltimateTwo ThingsFundWilderness Author:Benton MacKaye
“For we need this thing wilderness far more than it needs us. Civilizations (like glaciers) come and go, but the mountain and its forest continue the course of creation's destiny. And in this we mere humans can take part-by fitting our civilization to the mountain.” NeedsHumansHumanityCoursesNatureDestinyCreationCivilizationMountainMereForestsWildernessCivilizedHumankindComes And GoesFittingGlaciers Author:Benton MacKaye