I can easily understand why, for most naturalists, the highest form of beauty, inspiration, and moral value might be imputed to increasingly rare patches of true wilderness — that is, to parcels of nature devoid of any human presence, either in current person or by previous incursion.


Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms, Introduction (p. 1), Harmon Brown. 1998

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

I can easily understand why, for most naturalists, the highest form of beauty, inspiration, and moral value might be imputed to increasingly rare...

I can easily understand why, for most naturalists, the highest form of beauty, inspiration, and moral value might be imputed to increasingly rare...

I can easily understand why, for most naturalists, the highest form of beauty, inspiration, and moral value might be imputed to increasingly rare...

I can easily understand why, for most naturalists, the highest form of beauty, inspiration, and moral value might be imputed to increasingly rare...