 | 1903 - 436 pagini
...and in the interest of the country. Leave the Canon as it is. You cannot improve on it — not a bit. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, and for your children's children, and for all who... | |
 | Arizona. Governor - 1903 - 290 pagini
...loneliness and beaut} of the canyon. Leave it as it is. Man can not improve on it — not a bit. The ajrei have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep ¡l for your children and your children's child'ren and for all who come... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1962 - 1206 pagini
...wonderful grandeur, the sublimity, the great loveliness and beauty of the canyon. You cannot improve it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. John Muir, who wrote so eloquently of the parks "with a view to inciting people to come and enjoy them,"... | |
 | 1991 - 914 pagini
...honors Teddy Roosevelt's admonition about the Grand Canyon. Here are his words; they apply to today: "Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The...have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you,... | |
 | 1989 - 862 pagini
...nature, his words of warning were driven by great personal conviction. "Leave it as it is," he said. "You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is keep it for your children and your children's children." Recovery, restoration,... | |
 | 1991 - 1018 pagini
...out over what he called a vista of "great loneliness and beauty," President Theodore Roosevelt said, "The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. We have gotten past the stage when we are to be pardoned if we treat any part of our country as something... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1967 - 1824 pagini
...thing in connection with the Grand Canyon in your own interests and in the interest of the country. Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages...have been at work on it, and man can only mar it," and, Whereas the policies of the Izaak Walton League of America and the principles of the National... | |
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Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and for all who come after you, as one of the great sights which every American... 
