Each generation takes the earth as trustees. We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.
Julius Sterling Morton Quotes
Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.
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| Birth: | 22nd April, 1832 |
| Death: | 27th April, 1902 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Editor, Politician |
About
Julius Sterling Morton was a Nebraska newspaper editor who served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture. He was a prominent Bourbon Democrat, taking the conservative position on political, economic and social issues, and opposing agrarianism. In 1897 he started a weekly magazine entitled The Conservative.
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