One function, at least, of true wilderness is to provide a refuge from the crassitudes of civilization-whether visible, intangible, audible-whether of billboard, of pavement, of auto horn-all of these are urban essences; all are negations of wilderness. — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
For we need this thing wilderness far more than it needs us. Civilizations (like glaciers) come and go, but the mountain and its forest continue the course of creation's destiny. And in this we mere humans can take part-by fitting… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
“The railway 'opens up' a country as a site for civilization; the trailway should 'open up' a country as an escape from civilization... The… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
A period recourse into the wilds is not a retreat into secret silent sanctums to escape a wicked world, it is to take breath… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
Wilderness is two things-fact and feeling. It is a fund of knowledge and a spring of influence. It is the ultimate source of health-terrestrial… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
However useful may be the National Parks and Forests of the West for those affording the Pullman fare to reach them, what is needed… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
“The ultimate purpose? There are three things: 1) to walk; 2) to see; 3) to see what you see.” — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
One function, at least, of true wilderness is to provide a refuge from the crassitudes of civilization-whether visible, intangible, audible-whether of billboard, of pavement,… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
My own doctrine of organization is that any body of people coming together for a purpose (whatever it may be) should consist of persons… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
For we need this thing wilderness far more than it needs us. Civilizations (like glaciers) come and go, but the mountain and its forest… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
The problem of living is at bottom an economic one. And this alone is bad enough, even in a period of so-called "normalcy." But… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
