To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Destroying natural resources harms the future prosperity of coming generations.
- In plain terms
- Ruining the land hurts our childrens future.
- What can you take from it?
- Conserve resources to protect future wealth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What legacy do you want to leave?
- How do we balance growth and conservation?
Another view
Short-term economic gains often conflict with long-term conservation.
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