I suppose we need not go mourning the buffaloes. In the nature of things, they had to give place to better cattle, though the change might have been made without barbarous wickedness.
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"I suppose we need not go mourning the buffaloes. In the nature of things, they had to give place to better cattle, though the change might have been made without barbarous wickedness." — John Muir #deathmortality
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I suppose we need not go mourning the buffaloes. In the nature of things, they had to give place to better cattle, though the change might have been made without barbarous wickedness. — John Muir
About John Muir
John Muir was a Environmentalist from United States (1838–1914).
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Who said "I suppose we need not go mourning the buffaloes. In the nature of things, they…"?
This quote is attributed to John Muir, a Environmentalist from United States.
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John Muir lived from 1838 – 1914.
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