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“The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.”
― Peter Matthiessen, Wildlife in America

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“You mean...” Billy exclaimed at last, “you mean...” – his voice rose high and clear – “you mean...” – and he jumped to his feet, and standing there under the giant trees, pointed at himself, a small outraged boy named William Martin Quarrier, aged eight: “You mean I just came crashing down into Ma’s under-pants?”
― Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord

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“This world is painted on a wild dark metal”
― Peter Matthiessen, Shadow Country

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“There's an elegiac quality in watching [American wilderness] go, because it's our own myth, the American frontier, that's deteriorating before our eyes. I feel a deep sorrow that my kids will never get to see what I've seen, and their kids will see nothing; there's a deep sadness whenever I look at nature now.”
― Peter Matthiessen, Wildlife in America

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