over-multiplied

Updated: July 7, 2026

This old trapper had the vision of the Indian that far-seeing eye cleared by distance and silence, and the force of the great, lonely hills. Progress was great, but nature undespoiled was greater. If a race could not breed all stronger men, through its great movements, it might better not breed any, for the bad over-multiplied the good, and so their needs magnified into greed.

Zane Grey - The U. P. Trail