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In most mills, only the best portions of the best trees are used, while the ruins are left on the ground to feed great fires which kill much of what is left of the less desirable timber, together with the seedlings on which the permanence of the forest depends.

— John Muir

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

— Susan George

Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.

— Pericles

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

— Alfred Jarry

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.

— May Sarton

A great thing about these trees is that they are excellent for cleaning, both groundwater, and of course, air.

— Mike Lowry

If I have my way, I'm going to dissolve the Forest Service. They're in the business of harvesting trees and they're not harvesting trees, so why have them anymore?

— Don Young

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

— Willa Cather

Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot.

— Dixie Lee Ray

Tree roots hold river banks together and stop the wind blowing soil away, there are many creatures that live in woods and they provide a sense of well-being and look nice.

— Clive Anderson

✗Opposing Perspectives

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

— Carolus Linnaeus