"Well if I can get in trouble for talking with an intelligent man I'm working with about the things that man knows--then let me get in trouble! I'd rather talk to Ferguson than Solesby--we've more in common.

Oh I'll get in no trouble," he added grimly.

"Leonard knows it wouldn't sound well to say it.

But he feels it, just the same.
Right there's the difference between our service and this forest service.
That's where they're democrats and we're fossils.

Look at the difference in the spirit of the ranger and the spirit of the soldier! And it's not because they're whipped into line and bullied and snarled at.