The sovereign quality of wilderness is the same wherever encountered. . . . Each manifestation has an unshackled … - Harvey Broome

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I have two rules for living in the world. I never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere. And two, if people confront me with certain questions, if they are not right, I will not answer them.

Harvey Broome

The sovereign quality of wilderness is the same wherever encountered. . . . Each manifestation has an unshackled quality-each stirs untapped longings-each gives a fillip to living-each has an unsurpassed lilt which bursts from the deepest wellsprings of life. These are the realities found in the wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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Man has created some lovely dwellings, some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not. . . created a substitute for a sunset, a grove of pines, the music of the winds, the dank smell of the deep forest, or the shy beauty of a wildflower.

Alleviate, Dank, Literature, Men, Pain, Sunset

Without wilderness, we will eventually lose the capacity to understand America.

America, Capacity, Eventually, Lose, Wilderness

Without wilderness, we will eventually lose the capacity to understand America. Our drive, our ruggedness, our unquenchable optimism and zeal and elan go back to the challenges of the untrammeled wilderness.

America, Challenges, Drive, Eventually, Optimism, Unquenchable

And thus flowed the current of life. The seeds of the silverbell were converted into squirrel; and squirrels were converted into foxes. Everything edible, from mice and chipmunks to roots and berries and apples was converted into bear. And bear and his tracks are converted into wonder and adventure for man.

Adventure, Everything, Men, Silverbell, Squirrels

If we lose wilderness, we lose forever the knowledge of what the world was.

Forever, Wilderness, World