It Is Always Easier To Believe Than

The Rocks Are Not So Close Akin To Us As The Soil; They Are One More Remove From Us; But They Lie Back Of All, And Are The Final Source Of All. ... Time, Geologic Time, Looks Out At Us From The Rocks As From No Other Objects In The Landscape.

Life Is A Struggle, But Not A Warfare.

Joy In The Universe, And Keen Curiosity About It All - That Has Been My Religion.

The Poor Old Earth Which Has Mothered Us And Nursed Us We Treat With Scant Respect. Our Awe And Veneration We Reserve For The Worlds We Know Not Of. Our Senses Sell Us Out. The Mud On Our Shoes Disenchants Us.

[theodore Roosevelt] Was A Naturalist On The Broadest Grounds, Uniting Much Technical Knowledge With Knowledge Of The Daily Lives And Habits Of All Forms Of Wild Life. He Probably Knew Tenfold More Natural History Than All The Presidents Who Had Preceded Him, And, I Think One Is Safe In Saying, More Human History Also.