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Quotation from Our National Parks by John Muir
“Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries since Christ’s time—and long before that—God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from fools,—only Uncle Sam can do that.”
Our National Parks, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #60929)
The closing sentence of the book.
Citation: "Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries since Christ’s time—and long before that—God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from fools,—only Uncle Sam can do that." — John Muir, Our National Parks, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #60929). (id our-national-parks-q7)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
