“A period recourse into the wilds is not a retreat into secret silent sanctums to escape a wicked world, it is to take breath amid effort to forge a better world.” WorldNatureEffortSecretPeriodsBreathsSilentWickedWildernessRetreatRecreationEscapingRecourseWicked World Author:Benton MacKaye
“One function, at least, of true wilderness is to provide a refuge from the crassitudes of civilization-whether visible, intangible, audible-whether of billboard, of pavement, of auto horn-all of these are urban essences; all are negations of wilderness.” CivilizationEssenceFunctionVisibleWildernessRefugeUrbanHornsIntangiblePavementNegationBillboards Author:Benton MacKaye
“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
