The fallen timber of the brigalow decays very slowly, and is not liable to be burnt, like most other dead wood in open forests, because no grass grows amongst the brigalow, as in open forests.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
The soil is not only increased by the causes above, but also by the constant decays of the growth upon it.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
Of course, if consciousness is a function of the brain, it must decay as the brain decays; but how would it be if the brain were a function of the consciousness-which is, so far as I can see, quite as likely a guess.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair