"Wildflower Corners" [1939]; Published in For the Health of the Land, J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle (eds.), 1999, p. 123.

Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild.

— Aldo Leopold

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild." in the context of ""Wildflower Corners" [1939]; Published in For the Health of the Land, J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle (eds.), 1999, p. 123." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Aldo Leopold

About Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was a United States wildlife biologist and conservationist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has sold more than two million copies.