"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."
-Aldo Leopold
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"Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.“
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