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(Google News Archive)Ī true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his father, but borrowed from his children. In August 1973 a newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri printed an instance without ascription that was similar to the version above, but the phrase “true conservationist” was now blended into the saying: 1973 August 31, The Southeast Missourian, Field And Stream Notes, Quote, Column 1, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I like Audubon Society’s definition of a true conservationist as “a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children.” Parker employed the phrase “true conservationist” although it was placed outside of the quotation marks in the following excerpt: 1973, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session, United States Senate, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on Bill S. Parker’s statement was placed into the official record, and it contained a version of the saying attributed to the Audubon Society. Parker submitted a statement to a subcommittee of the U.S. In 1973 a member of a conservation group based in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts named Carleton H. Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. 1971 May, Audubon, The One-Inch Journey by Wendell Berry, Start, Quote, Column 1, National Audubon Society, New York. This appearance also linked the saying to the Audubon Society. The excerpt above was reprinted in the essay, and thus it achieved wider dissemination. In May 1971 Berry published an essay in “Audubon” magazine titled “The One-Inch Journey” which was based on chapter 2 of the book mentioned above. The wording in the passage above did not exactly match the modern instance of the saying, but QI conjectures that later expressions evolved from Berry’s remark. I am speaking of the life of a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children who has undertaken to cherish it and do it no damage, not because he is duty-bound, but because he loves the world and loves his children… We can learn about it from exceptional people of our own culture, and from other cultures less destructive than ours. The earliest close match appeared in the 1971 book “The Unforeseen Wilderness: An Essay on Kentucky’s Red River Gorge” by influential environmental activist Wendell Berry who emphasized the desirability of preserving natural areas and adapting a long-range perspective about the environment: 1971, The Unforeseen Wilderness: An Essay on Kentucky’s Red River Gorge by Wendell Berry, Photographs by Gene Meatyard, Chapter 2: The One-Inch Journey, Start, Quote, The … Continue reading “The things of nature do not really belong to us,” he said “we should leave them to our children as we have received them.”Ī separate QI article about the quotation above is available here. Boldface added to excerpts by QI: 1936, Oscar Wilde Discovers America by Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith, Book 4: Eastward, Southward, Northward, Chapter 2: Adds a New Horror To Death, Quote, Harcourt, Brace and … Continue reading The remark appeared in a section of the book discussing Wilde’s visit to Canada in 1882. Quote Investigator: A precursor statement was attributed to the famous wit Oscar Wilde in the 1936 book “Oscar Wilde Discovers America” by Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith. Could you attempt to trace this quotation? Perhaps it was constructed in recent decades, or perhaps it encapsulates the wisdom of previous centuries. No one seems to know the origin of this saying. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children Brower? Taghi Farvar? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: In my opinion the most thoughtful and poignant quotation about the environment is the following: Hall? Helen Caldicott? Lester Brown? David R. Amish Saying? Ralph Waldo Emerson? Native American Proverb? Wendell Berry? Oscar Wilde? Chief Seattle? Moses Henry Cass? Dennis J.