Education: Words of Hope and Warning

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Naturalist and Author Ann H. Zwinger at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.: "Wandering is one of the most sensible things in the world to do. I highly recommend the pursuit of happiness from east to west, bending and stooping, pausing, enjoying, not going anywhere in particular except down a beach or around a pond, always knowing that there is something wonderful just ahead. City street or country lane, for the naturalist there is always something to see: lichen puddled on the granite, a new fern frond uncurling like a mainspring, a pad of brilliant green moss studded with a scarlet mite. Ask why, and for every question you answer you'll have a bouquet of another dozen questions. And herein lies sanity." ∎