It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve without generating electricity, a trumpeter swan may float on uncontaminated water - and moderns may at least see what their ancestors knew in their nerves and blood.
The West begins where the average annual rainfall drops below twenty inches. When you reach the line which marks that drop - for convenience, the one… - Bernard Devoto
The West begins where the average annual rainfall drops below twenty inches. When you reach the line which marks that drop - for convenience, the one…
- Bernard Devoto
History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance. - Bernard Devoto
History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.
Between the amateur and the professional . . . there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within the function of his … - Bernard Devoto
Between the amateur and the professional . . . there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within the function of his …
The best reason for putting anything down on paper is that one may then change it. - Bernard Devoto
The best reason for putting anything down on paper is that one may then change it.
Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man's … - Bernard Devoto
Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man's …
You can no more keep a Martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. - Bernard Devoto
You can no more keep a Martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there.
When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart … - Bernard Devoto
When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart …
The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was… - Bernard Devoto
The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was…
Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough … - Bernard Devoto
Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough …
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