Two things hold promise of improving those lights. One is to apply science to land-use. The other is to cultivate a love of country a little less spangled with stars, and a little more imbued with that respect for mother-earth - the lack of which is, to me, the outstanding attribute of the machine-age.

The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold (ed. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1992) - ISBN: 9780299127633