Indiana Dunes A Signature of Time and Eternity: The Administrative History of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana

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To the body and mind...cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the attorney, come out of the din and draft of the street and sees the sky and the woods and is a man again. In their eternal calm, he finds himself. The health of the eye demands a horizon. We are never tired so long as we see far enough.

Words of Ralph Waldo Emerson spoken by Senator Paul H. Douglas as he waded into Lake Michigan after announcing his goal of seeking legislation to preserve the remainder of the Indiana Dunes.

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