"Conservation is humanity caring for the future."
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Attributed in John McPhee, Encounters with the Archdruid (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984 [1971]) pt. 1, p. 74
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Nancy Newhall
Nancy Wynne Newhall (May 9, 1908 – July 7, 1974) was an American photography critic. She is best known for writing the text to accompany photographs by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, but was also a widely published writer on photography, conservation, and American culture.
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