With such an environment it is but natural that he should ruthlessly devastate the forests. which. in fact. he did. In many countries of the Old World. like China. the attitude and policy of hostility to the forest. without a thought of its beneficence. eventually produced its logical result in the immense denuded areas of those countries. At a later stage this same process went on in Europe. though not on such a scale as in Asia. but here. having learned something of the lesson taught by the experience of Asiatic countries. a wiser policy was evolved. so that in some countries of Europe forests of incalculable and increasing value have been maintained through many centuries. in our own country the boundless expanse of forest. and the seemingly impossible task of seriously depleting it. caused an attitude on the part of Americans much like that of our earlier yellow brethren. With my own hands I have helped to fell the stately trees that grew in superabundance upon the farm where I grew up. I have helped roll these trees into immense heaps and burn them in order to plow and hoe the ground upon which they grew.
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Equating American's environmental destruction to that of 'earlier yellow brethren'.