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I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow t

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. – Henry David Thoreau

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Trees outstrip most people in the extent and depth of their work for the public good. – Sara Ebenreck, American Forests

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Any fool can destroy trees…. 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… – John Muir, “The American Forests,” August 1897

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If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today. – Stephan Girard

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For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. – Martin Luther

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