John Muir, a great American environmentalist, felt that ________
A) the only true value of wilderness was its ability to provide national economic growth
B) pristine wilderness should be preserved because "We need beauty as well as bread"
C) national parks violated the principles of environmental justice
D) resources should be exploited wherever they were found to the greatest economic benefit
E) wilderness was essentially worthless and should not be preserved
B
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