Aldo Leopold Quotes about Exercise

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Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution.

Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution.

Aldo Leopold

Exercise, Skills, Negative

There is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called sportsmanship.

Aldo Leopold

Exercise, Hunting, Sportsmanship

Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.178, Oxford University Press, USA

Third, there is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called 'sportsmanship'. Our tools for the pursuit of wildlife improve faster than we do, and sportsmanship is the voluntary limitation in the use of these armaments. It is aimed to augment the role of skill and shrink the role of Gadgets in the pursuit of wild things.

Aldo Leopold

Exercise, Skills, Sportsmanship

Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.178, Oxford University Press, USA