We would guard and defend and save it [wilderness] as a place for all who wish to discover the nearly lost pleasures of adventure, adventure not only in the physical sense, but also mental, spiritual, moral, aesthetic, and intellectual adventure. A place for the free.
The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West, Chapter 8 (p. 88), E.P Dutton & Company. 1977
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