"Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection."
"I have always thought of our Service as an institution, more than any other bureau, engaged in a field essentially of morality--the aim of man to rise above himself, and to choose the option of quality rather than material superfluity."
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Source: Freeman Tilden (2009). “Interpreting Our Heritage”, p.17, Univ of North Carolina Press
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