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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



From Prof. Marcus E. 



There is no work ever undertaken 

 outside of the proper home circle and 

 the school that has had such a tremen- 

 dous influence on the development of 

 the youth at the critical period as the 

 AA, unless we accept the Christian 

 Endeavor, and I except that only be- 

 cause its influence is purely religious, 

 which is higher than anv other can be. 



Jones, Salt Lake City. 



1 he enthusiast devoted to the AA 

 often considers the influence of this 

 organization paramount to all others 

 because it has changed for good the 

 courses of thousands of young lives, 

 but we must not wholly forget the 

 work of loving fathers and mothers, 

 teachers and friends who have labori- 

 ously prepared the ground for the AA 

 and made its climax possible. 



From Wm. Whitman Bailey, LL.D., Brown University, Providence. 



In this material age, and among a It was shown that life had nobler aims 

 money-making people, a great light than simple gain. Every new Chap- 

 shone out to illumine the dark places. ter was a mission doing good work. 



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From Frederick LeRoy Sargent, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 



It was an important event in my life afforded for giving and receiving help 

 when I joined the Association, and 1 in the study of nature as of high value, 

 regard the oooortum'ties which it has 



From Chas. F. Holder, Pasadena, Calif. 



To my mind there is no educational 



work going on in the country more 



valuable and far reaching than this. 



If it was not for this, a greater part of 

 the work of zoologists (specialists) 

 would never reach the public — the peo- 

 ple. 1 have been familiar with the 

 work of the AA since its inception, and 

 no society has done so much to inter- 

 est the masses of the people in nature 

 and nature study, and I should con- 

 sider it in the light of a. public disaster 

 if this great work should not continue. 

 The study of nature in its broadest 

 sense is to my mind an absolute neces- 



sity; it is a humanizer, a civilizer, a 

 broadener and of the greatest import- 

 ance to the public. I can see in it great 

 possibilities for the American people. 

 Every town and village in this country 

 that has a church should have an 

 Agassiz Chapter. The very name is an 

 inspiration and a spur to higher edu- 

 cation. 



From B. Kropotkin, Russia. 



Is it necessary to insist on the bene- 

 fits of the Agassiz Association, or to 

 show how it ought to be extended ? . . 



. . . The greatness of the idea is 



too clear. The Agassiz Association 

 has a brilliant future. 



