Quote#Wisdom
Many of the attributes most distinctive of America and Americans are…
Quote byAldo Leopold · 1887–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Wilderness as a Form of Land Use" [1925]; Published in The River of the Mother of God and Other Essays by Aldo Leopold, Susan L. Flader and J. Baird Callicott (eds.) 1991, p. 137-138..
English (original)
Many of the attributes most distinctive of America and Americans are the impress of the wilderness. … Shall we now exterminate this thing that made us Americans?
— Aldo Leopold
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