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nowhere but in the actual life of the world, in the in- 

 tercourse with men. The forester is not a man of 

 science not primarily a scholar. This should be 

 urged continually in the United States, because 

 the contrary view is still so prevalent and prevents 

 a just appreciation of the forester's work. He is a 

 man of business. More important than his knowl- 

 edge of trees and lumber and lands, more impor- 

 tant than his mathematical or economic lore, is his 

 knowledge of men. With men he has to deal, 

 whether he is in the woods superintending a gang 

 of workmen, or going into the market to drive 

 shrewd bargains and sell his wares ; or whether he 

 sits in an office at the state capital directing his 

 subordinates and consulting with politicians. 



This necessity of dealing with men is another 

 reason why the forester should be a professional 

 man rather than an artisan. The craft of the lat- 

 ter works upon dead matter; a profession influ- 

 ences living men. It is a reason, also, why the 

 training of a forester at college should not be a 

 narrowly technical one. For a broad, liberal cul- 

 ture is the best basis for a deep and comprehensive 

 insight into the ways of men of all classes. 



Having thus fixed the standard for a forester's 

 training, let us see what means there are in the 

 United States for obtaining it. 



The methods of giving forestry instruction in 

 Germany, the classical land both of universities 

 and forestry, cannot be closely copied in the United 

 States for many reasons. One of these is that the 



