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Quote for Monday, November 27, 2006

"Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread.  It is the ancient fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into. … Read more »

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Quote for Monday, November 13, 2006

"If a Koyukon Indian wrote a book about bears, maybe half the volume would be the rules of keeping yourself in a state of respect toward the animal." -Richard Nelson, Alaskan Anthropologist

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Quote for Thursday, November 9, 2006

"Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to.  Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in.  Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" -Aldo… Read more »

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Quote for Monday, November 6, 2006

"Each time a man stands up for an idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls… Read more »