Quote#Wisdom
Our new camp is on a windswept rock point. … We don't know what lake…
Quote byAldo Leopold · 1887–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Canada, 1925"; Published in Round River, Luna B. Leopold (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1966, p. 67..
English (original)
Our new camp is on a windswept rock point. … We don't know what lake we're on, and don't care ...
— Aldo Leopold
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