Pamphlets on Conservation of Natural Resources, Volume 33

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909

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Page 647 - That since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed...
Page 522 - A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.
Page 337 - Nation may — 1. fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations 2. assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive, and esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings 3.
Page 444 - The Congress recognizes that each person should enjoy a healthful environment and that each person has a responsibility to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the environment.
Page 205 - Rabbinical exaggerations and refinements, brought men back to the great truth that ' the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath...
Page 3 - Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, Including travel time, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, Including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 USC 73b-2) for persons In the Government service employed Intermittently.
Page 458 - Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Page 342 - Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of water-power development, and for other beneficial public uses, including recreational purposes...
Page 2 - Federal funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical...
Page 444 - Government shall (A) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decisionmaking which may have an impact on man's environment...

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