这是国家公园全纪录第三集中的一段引用John Wesley Hill的连串反问impressive! "What is it that inspires love of the flag, that tunes the ear of America to sing 'My Country ' Tis of Thee'? Is it industrial efficiency, irrigation statistics or trade output? Is it the hideous ore dumps of the sordid mining camp? Is it the blackened waste that follows the devastation of much of our forest wealth? Is it the smoking factory of the grimy mill town? Is it even the lofty metropolitan skyscraper that shuts out the sun and throws its shadow over all below? No, our devotion to the flag is inspired by love of country. Patriotism is the religion of the soil, and the national parks are our richest patrimony."
Terry Tempest Williams ---- Our national park are place of pilgrimage, a place where we return over and over again to be still, to be contemplative. And not only do we save these lands or save these national parks, they save us. There's something about this wild continuity that gives us courage, that allows us to be the best of who we are as human beings.
Duncan---- One of my favorite Robert Frost poems is "West-Running Brook" , where he describes this beautiful steam coming down.And the narrator is pointing out this one spot in the brook where the water hits rock and is thrown backward, and the beauty of that spot where it sparkles in the light. And he says it's from that that we spring. It's going back toward the source,toward,as he said,"the beginning of the beginnings" . And I think national parks are a part of that - that sparkle in the water. Life pushes us forward. Our society moves forward in a great rush, but the park are that place that throws us back a little bit. That make us pause, make us reflect, and points us back to the source, to the beginning of beginnings.
From Episode 4 At the heart of the park idea is this notion that by virtue of being an American, whether you're ancestors came over on the "Mayflower" or whether they just arrived, whether you're from a big city or from a rural setting, whether your daddy owns the factory or your mother is a maid, you-you-are the owner of some of the best seafront property this nation's got. You own magnificent waterfalls. You own stunning views of mountains and stunning views of gorgeous canyon. They belong to you. They're yours. And all that's asked of you is to pur it in your will...for your children so that they can have it, too. Hopefully you won't let it be sold off, you won't let it be despoiled. Hopefully you'll provide for proper maintenance of this property that is yours.But that's all you've got to do. Now... that's quite a bargain.
先生们啊,为什么要如此鲁莽呢,你们有足够的时间,为什么要牺牲今天以换取明天,幻想将来你们的田地会充满财富,你们的城市会兴旺繁荣,在我们欧洲,有很多比你们富足和兴旺的城市,可我们并不快乐,你们希望子孙后代幸福,可他们却会认为,你们才是生活在黄金时代的人,他们会羡慕他们的先祖,能在安静详和的大自然中定居,第一次向高大的树木挥动斧头,在河岸建造起熙熙攘攘的码头,那么为什么,你们还要试图在几十年里,实现别的国家花几千年才达到的成就呢,为什么你们要急着征服利用自然,挥霍天赐的资源呢,你们拥有的是人类从不曾有,也许以后也不会再有的机会。 ——Lord James Bryce