A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability… — Aldo Leopold · Skopia

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A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.

A Sand County Almanac · 1949

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Leopold, Aldo. "The Land Ethic." A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press, 1949.

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