January 17, 2010

Axe-in-Hand


In this essay from the November section of A Sand County Almanac, a reflective Leopold is at his most philosophical. One is reminded of Thoreau hoeing his beans in Walden, as Leopold describes the decision process that lies behind which tree to keep and which to fell — or is it a tree at all?

Read "Axe-in-Hand" in A Sand County Almanac


Read "The Bean-Field" in Walden; Or, Life in the Woods



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