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water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud-turtles, elderberries, 

 wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts; trees to climb, 

 brooks to wade in ; water-lilies, wood-chucks, bats, bees, 

 butterflies, various animals to pet, hay-fields, pine cones, 

 rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries, and hornets; 

 and any child who has been deprived of these has been 

 deprived of the best part of his education.' 9 



The man who feels that way about children must 

 yearn for the restoration of a wholesome life upon the 

 land, even as some men yearn for military preparedness. 

 Since no thoughtful man can fail to note that the older 

 forms of country life have lost their hold on the human 

 heart, it follows as a corollary that new forms, more 

 attractive and more satisfying, must be created precise- 

 ly as Luther Burbank has created new forms of plant 

 life. This being so, I never felt it was necessary to 

 ask him how he stood on the question; yet, it is com- 

 forting to be assured that this great man, who knows 

 and loves the soil as perhaps no other man in the world 

 knows and loves it, believes in the saving grace of the 

 New Earth. 



