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> [This generation may either be the last to exist in any semblance of a civilised world or that it will be the first to have the vision, the bearing and the greatness to say, 'I will have nothing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-st-barbe-baker/this-generation-may-either-be-the-last-to-exist-in-any-semblance-of-a/)

[Richard St. Barbe Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-st-barbe-baker/)

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## More by Richard St. Barbe Baker

> [This generation may either be the last to exist in any semblance of a civilised world or that it will be the first to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-st-barbe-baker/this-generation-may-either-be-the-last-to-exist-in-any-semblance-of-a/)

[Richard St. Barbe Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-st-barbe-baker/)

> [You can gauge a country's wealth, its real wealth, by its tree cover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-st-barbe-baker/you-can-gauge-a-country-s-wealth-its-real-wealth-by-its-tree-cover/)

[Richard St. Barbe Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-st-barbe-baker/)

> [...today it is the duty of every thinking being to live, and to serve not only his own day and generation, but also generations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-st-barbe-baker/today-it-is-the-duty-of-every-thinking-being-to-live-and-to-serve-not/)

[Richard St. Barbe Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-st-barbe-baker/)

> [If a man loses one-third of his skin he dies; if a tree loses one-third of its bark, it too dies. If the Earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-st-barbe-baker/if-a-man-loses-one-third-of-his-skin-he-dies-if-a-tree-loses-one/)

[Richard St. Barbe Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-st-barbe-baker/)

> [Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-st-barbe-baker/be-like-a-tree-in-pursuit-of-your-cause-stand-firm-grip-hard-thrust/)

[Richard St. Barbe Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-st-barbe-baker/)

> [Planting and growing increasing quantities of trees is the scientific solution to Earth's environmental dilemma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-st-barbe-baker/planting-and-growing-increasing-quantities-of-trees-is-the-scientific/)

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