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In the essay “Thinking Like a Mountain” by Aldo Leopold he talks about how the like of the mountain, wolves, and deer interact with each other. While reading the essay, I realize that Leopold uses for the mountain is outstanding. I believe it really gets into the idea that humans are incapable of thinking like nature because for most of us our priorities are money and greed. There are many things that nature does that humans cannot simply replicate because humans have not figured out how to think like a mountain. In the story “Thinking Like a Mountain”, the author says, “In Wildness is the Salvation of the World” (58). I believe there is so much truth in this because every living thing in wilderness has a critical importance in protecting earth.
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