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Quotation from Our National Parks by John Muir
“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed,—chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns, or magnificent bole backbones.”
Our National Parks, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #60929)
Near the close of the book, arguing that the forests need federal protection.
Citation: "Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed,—chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns, or magnificent bole backbones." — John Muir, Our National Parks, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #60929). (id our-national-parks-q6)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
