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" The kings of England formerly had their forests "to hold the king's game," for sport or food, sometimes destroying villages to create or extend them; and I think that they were impelled by a true instinct. Why should not we, who have renounced the king's... "
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Page 212
by Henry David Thoreau - 1894
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The Maine Woods

Henry David Thoreau - Maine - 1864 - 344 pages
...to drink at some new and more bracing fountain of the Muses, far in the recesses of the wilderness. The kings of England formerly had their forests "...we, who have renounced the king's authority, have our national preserves, where no villages need be destroyed, in which the bear and panther, and some...
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The Maine Woods

Henry David Thoreau - 1884 - 384 pages
...to drink at some new and more bracing fountain of the Muses, far in the recesses of the wilderness. The kings of England formerly had their forests "...we, who have renounced the king's authority, have our national preserves, where no villages need be destroyed, in which the bear and panther, and some...
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 3

Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 464 pages
...to drink at some new and more bracing fountain, of the Muses, far in the recesses of the wilderness. The kings of England formerly had their forests "to...we, who have renounced the king's authority, have our national preserves, where no villages need be destroyed, in which the bear and panther, and some...
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Katahdin and Chesuncook

Henry David Thoreau - Chesuncook Lake - 1909 - 128 pages
...to drink at some new and more bracing fountain of the Muses, far in the recesses of the wilderness. The kings of England formerly had their forests "...were impelled by a true instinct. Why should not we have our national preserves, in which the bear and panther, and some even of the hunter race, may still...
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The Golden Day: A Study in American Experience and Culture

Lewis Mumford - American literature - 1926 - 294 pages
...Thoreau saw what was needed to preserve the | valuable heritage of the American wilderness. He \ wrote : "The kings of England formerly had their forests to...sport or food, sometimes destroying villages to create and extend them ; and I think that they were impelled by a true instinct. Why should not we, who have...
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Service Bulletin, Volumes 23-24

Forest management - 1939 - 654 pages
...the fatherhood of "national preserves" is not mentioned till toward the end (page 195), as follows:- "The kings of England formerly had their forests to hold the king's game for sport and food, sometimes destroying villages to create or extend them; and I think they were impelled by...
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Forest Outings: By Thirty Foresters

Russell Lord - Forest reserves - 1940 - 338 pages
...trailing game through the snow-corered forest. MULE DEER TRACKS. FREMONT NATIONAL FOREST, OREG. Game The kings of England formerly had their forests to...destroying villages to create or extend them; and I think they were impelled by a true instinct. Why should not we, who have renounced the king's authority,...
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Forest Outings

Russell Lord - Forest reserves - 1940 - 338 pages
...king's game for sport or food, sometimes destroying villages to create or extend them; and I think they were impelled by a true instinct. Why should...we, who have renounced the king's authority, have our national preserves, where no villages need be destroyed, in which the bear and panther, and some...
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National Wilderness Preservation Act: Hearings Before the Committee on ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - Public lands - 1957 - 466 pages
...preservation. In 1S64 this article was included in Thoreau's posthumous volume entitled "The Maine Woods." "The Kings of England formerly had their forests 'to hold the King's game'," Thoreau remarked. "I think they were impelled by a true instinct," he commented. And then he asked...
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Public Outdoor Recreation Areas--acreage, Use, Potential: Report to the ...

United States. Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission - Government publications - 1962 - 754 pages
...satisfying both the recreationists and the preservationists. THE BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE The kings of England formerly had their forests "to hold the king's game" for sport or food Why should not we ... have our national preserves. . .not to hold the king's game merely, but to hold...
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