But then again—Leopold checks himself—science is no guarantee that one will see what is there either. 'Let no man jump to the conclusion that Babbitt must take his . in ecology before he can "see" his own country. On the contrary, the . may become as callous as an undertaker at the mysteries at which he officiates. . . . Perception, in short, cannot be purchased with either learned degrees or dollars; it grows at home as well as abroad.' The essential perception is of 'the natural processes by which the land and the living things upon it have achieved.
