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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 08:57 PM
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Henry David Thoreau: If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is...
"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen." - Henry David Thoreau

WMFE in Central Florida is re-running Ken Burns "The National Parks - America's Best Idea" tonight.
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gimama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:17 PM
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1. NICE Quote!
Profound..Thank You!
recording the series..it is a LOVEly treat..enJOY!
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:20 PM
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2. It is from Thoreau's essay "Life Without Principle" nt
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:30 PM
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4. It continues: " As if a town had no interest in its forests but to cut them down!"
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gimama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:44 PM
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5. Niiice!
I LOVE Thoreau!
truly led by Spirit!

Also, the series inspired me to read John Muir's writings..

soon as I finish some urgent Indian & Veterans' Issues Advocacy Work.
thank You,again!
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 10:13 PM
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9. I'm reading about John Wesley Powell and the opening of the Grand Canyon.
I might have to check out John Muir's writing.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 10:15 PM
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10. Powell only had one arm - he lost the other in the Civil War..
and he rode the Colorado River rapids in a wooden boat with one arm, no helmets and no life jacket.. talk about one tough guy.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 10:27 PM
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12. He also climbed out of the canyon. That's tough with all limbs.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:27 PM
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3. another...
"In wildness, is the salvation of the world"


we have lost too much 'wildness'
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gimama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:48 PM
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6. What a photo! Thank You!
Makes my Heart beat funny :)

& goood quote, too!
the deeep Woods were MY Salvation,
but I changed denominations.
Now, MY 'church' is the Beach..
& I say, "Thanks, God!"
aho~===]
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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:54 PM
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7. If a man walks in the woods
in a National Park he may get his ass shot off but some goofball plinking at cans with his Glock.
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 10:06 PM
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8. "The true harvest of my daily life
is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little stardust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched." From Walden.
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gimama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 10:24 PM
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11. sweeet! (sighhh..!) Thank You! nt
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TCJ70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 10:29 PM
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13. That was a good series.
It's amazing how much we'd probably be missing if not for the protection championed by a few.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 10:51 PM
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14. I reflect on that often
I travel throughout the U.S. for work and I am so thankful for the 'wilds' and for the communal areas that have been established for the public. I truly wish that more of our coastline and more of our forests were preserved, but I am thankful for what we have. I hope that we work for continued preservation.

sign from Yosemite
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snagglepuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-09-10 01:33 AM
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15. O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees
O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees,
I came along your narrow track
To bring my gifts unto your knees
And gifts did you give back;
For when I brought this heart that burns--
These thoughts that bitterly repine--
And laid them here among the ferns
And the hum of boughs divine,
Ye, vastest breathers of the air,
Shook down with slow and mighty poise
Your coolness on the human care,
Your wonder on its toys,
Your greenness on the heart's despair,
Your darkness on its noise.


(Frederic) Herbert Trench (1865-1923)



Thanks for posting that Thoreau quote, first time I've seen it. His book will go on my to read list. Thought you might like the poem.
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