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To Dr. Vaughan Cornish beauty of scenery is no mere luxury but a factor in the formation of national character, and he regards its preservation as essential to national well-being. Fortunately, there is a growing, but not yet sufficiently influential, body of opinion that subscribes to this view. The study of the mechanism of Nature is less important than its philosophical contemplation, and wild Nature must be protected from both the devastation of the builders and road makers and the frenzy of the collectors who may be termed the criminal classes among Nature lovers.
The Preservation of our Scenery:
Essays and Addresses. By Dr. Vaughan Cornish. Pp. xiii + 92+ 12 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1937.) 7s. 6d. net.
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Geography. Nature 139, 459 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139459a0
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