Were the importance of our forests at all understood by the people in general, even from an economic standpoint their preservation would call forth the most watchful attention of the Government.

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"The world is big, and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark."

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"Most people are on the world, not in it – having no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them."

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"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."

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"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul."

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"You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you."

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"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."

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"A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo una gota en el mar, pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota."

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