“In wildness is the preservation of the world," Thoreau once wrote; a century later, when many of the wild places are no more, Wendell Berry has proposed this necessary corollary: "In human culture is the preservation of wildness.” WildWildness Is A Necessity Book:The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World Source: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World