By Edward Abby
A MAN COULD BE A LOVER AND DEFENDER OF THE WILDERNESS WITHOUT EVER IN HIS LIFETIME LEAVING THE BOUNDARIES OF ASPHALT, POWERLINES, AND RIGHT ANGLE SURFACES. WE NEED WILDERNESS WHETHER OR NOT WE SET FOOT ON IT. WE NEED REFUGE WHETHER OR NOT WE GO THERE. I MAY NEVER IN MY LIFE GO TO ALASKA, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT I AM GRATEFUL THAT IT’S THERE. WE NEED POSSIBILITY OF ESCAPE AS SURELY AS WE NEED HOPE. WITHOUT IT LIFE OF THE CITIES WOULD DRIVE ALL MEN INTO CRIME OR DRUGS OR PSYCHOANALYSIS.