We no longer destroy great works of art. They are treasured, and regarded as of priceless value; but we have yet to attain the state of civilization where the destruction of a glorious work of Nature, whether it be a cliff, a forest, or a species of mammal or bird, is regarded with equal abhorrence.


Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation, Foreword (p. vii), Charles Scribner's Sons. 1913

William Temple Hornaday Quotes

We no longer destroy great works of art. They are treasured, and regarded as of priceless value; but we have yet to attain the state of civilization...

We no longer destroy great works of art. They are treasured, and regarded as of priceless value; but we have yet to attain the state of civilization...

We no longer destroy great works of art. They are treasured, and regarded as of priceless value; but we have yet to attain the state of civilization...

We no longer destroy great works of art. They are treasured, and regarded as of priceless value; but we have yet to attain the state of civilization...