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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



are rallying to the standard of con- 

 servation's chief champion, Mr. Gifford 

 Pinchot, who, by his works, has proved 

 his faith that duty is dearer than of- 

 fice, and that higher laws and loyalties 

 exist than those which would perpet- 

 uate and intensify conditions already 

 well-nigh unbearable. 



In the face of such an example, it 

 behooves every soldier of the common 

 good to stand by his guns and do his 

 duty ; and with these the writer hopes, 

 in the future, as he has sought in the 

 past, to be found — ready and patient, 

 at his post, waiting, while wait he must ; 

 fighting, when fight he may. 



