Quotation by

Henry David Thoreau

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

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Thoreau is expressing relief that humans are not able to fly because if they could, they might cause destruction to the sky just as they have done to the land. He is highlighting how human activity has already damaged the earth, and fears that extending this harm to the sky would be even worse.

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