Only The Mountain Has Lived

Too Much Safety Seems To Yield Only Danger In The Long Run.

Ideas, Like Men, Can Become Dictators. We Americans Have So Far Escaped Regimentation By Our Rulers, But Have We Escaped Regimentation By Our Own Ideas? I Doubt If There Exists Today A More Complete Regimentation Of The Human Mind Than That Accomplished By Our Self-imposed Doctrine Of Ruthless Utilitarianism.

Hydrologists Have Demonstrated That The Meanderings Of A Creek Are A Necessary Part Of The Hydrologic Functioning. The Flood Plain Belongs To The River. The Ecologist Sees Clearly That For Similar Reasons We Can Get Along With Less Channel Improvement On Round River.

To Keep Every Cog And Wheel Is The First Precaution Of Intelligent Tinkering.

Is Education Possibly A Process Of Trading Awareness For Things Of Lesser Worth? The Goose Who Trades His Is Soon A Pile Of Feathers.