One of the purposes
of the Sierra Club is to keep some nostalgia alive that is devoid
of futility, to gather together people who know how important
it is that there should always be some land wild and free. They
are needed to counter the rationalizations of the highway builders,
the dam and logging-road builders, who would slice through and
dismember the Sierra Wilderness, all for a variety of reasons
that may apply some place else but that ought not be applied
here. The purpose of this book is to remind everyone we can that
neither California nor the rest of America is rich enough to
lose any more of the Gentle Wilderness, nor poor enough to need
to. . . .
David R. Brower
