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> [We need to discover a common middle ground in which all of these things, from the city to the wilderness, can somehow be encompassed in the word “home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/we-need-to-discover-a-common-middle-ground-in-which-all-of-these/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

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## More by William Cronon

> [“Killing was a relatively simple matter--a blow to the head, a knife to the throat--complicated only by how much one cared about the pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/killing-was-a-relatively-simple-matter-a-blow-to-the-head-a-knife-to/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [“Resources, waterways, and climatic zones loom so large in their writings that one can almost forget that people have something to do with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/resources-waterways-and-climatic-zones-loom-so-large-in-their/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [“By what peculiar twist of perception, I wondered, had I managed to see the plowed fields and second-growth forests of southern Wisconsin—a landscape of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/by-what-peculiar-twist-of-perception-i-wondered-had-i-managed-to-see/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [“The trouble with wilderness is that it quietly expresses and reproduces the very values its devotees seek to reject. The flight from history that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/the-trouble-with-wilderness-is-that-it-quietly-expresses-and/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [We need to discover a common middle ground in which all of these things, from the city to the wilderness, can somehow be encompassed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/we-need-to-discover-a-common-middle-ground-in-which-all-of-these/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [At a time when threats to the physical environment have never been greater, it may be tempting to believe that people need to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/at-a-time-when-threats-to-the-physical-environment-have-never-been/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [By seeing the otherness in that which is most unfamiliar, we can learn to see it too in that which at first seemed merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/by-seeing-the-otherness-in-that-which-is-most-unfamiliar-we-can-learn/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [As we gaze into the mirror it holds up for us, we too easily imagine that what we behold is Nature when in fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/as-we-gaze-into-the-mirror-it-holds-up-for-us-we-too-easily-imagine/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

> [We go to sanctuaries to remember the things we hold most dear, the things we cherish and love. And then-the great challenge-we return home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cronon/we-go-to-sanctuaries-to-remember-the-things-we-hold-most-dear-the/)

[William Cronon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cronon/)

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