“ Death is due to accidents, not, as that of animals, to the wearing out of organs. ”
John Muir, The Yosemite (1912). copy citation
| Author | John Muir |
|---|---|
| Source | The Yosemite |
| Topic | death accident |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7091/7091-h/7091-h.htm |
Context
“But the verge of a period beginning in cretaceous times may have a breadth of tens of thousands of years, not to mention the possible existence of conditions calculated to multiply and re-extend both species and individuals.
There is no absolute limit to the existence of any tree. Death is due to accidents, not, as that of animals, to the wearing out of organs. Only the leaves die of old age. Their fall is foretold in their structure; but the leaves are renewed every year, and so also are the essential organs wood, roots, bark, buds. Most of the Sierra trees die of disease, insects, fungi, etc., but nothing hurts the big tree.”
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