Britain won its wars on the playing fields of Eton. America developed its mettle at the muddy gaps … - Harvey Broome

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Throughout the season, I look into my players eyes to gauge feelings, confidence levels, and to establish instant trust.

Harvey Broome

Britain won its wars on the playing fields of Eton. America developed its mettle at the muddy gaps of the Cumberlands, in the swift rapids of its rivers, on the limitless reaches of its western plains, in the silent vastness of primeval forests, and in the blizzard-ridden passes of the Rockies and Coast ranges.

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Man has created some lovely dwellings, some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not. . . created a substitute for a sunset, a grove of pines, the music of the winds, the dank smell of the deep forest, or the shy beauty of a wildflower.

Alleviate, Dank, Literature, Men, Pain, Sunset

Without wilderness, we will eventually lose the capacity to understand America.

America, Capacity, Eventually, Lose, Wilderness

Without wilderness, we will eventually lose the capacity to understand America. Our drive, our ruggedness, our unquenchable optimism and zeal and elan go back to the challenges of the untrammeled wilderness.

America, Challenges, Drive, Eventually, Optimism, Unquenchable

And thus flowed the current of life. The seeds of the silverbell were converted into squirrel; and squirrels were converted into foxes. Everything edible, from mice and chipmunks to roots and berries and apples was converted into bear. And bear and his tracks are converted into wonder and adventure for man.

Adventure, Everything, Men, Silverbell, Squirrels

If we lose wilderness, we lose forever the knowledge of what the world was.

Forever, Wilderness, World