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must respond when I hear it and understand its 

 meaning. 



There is upon these outings the cherished 

 comradeship of one's fellow-naturalists. One 

 never really knows a man until he has gone out 

 with him on a cruise or a long tramp. If there is 

 any little meanness or petty selfishness in his 

 make-up it will then crop out. If he is a clean 

 man the fact will be proven by hardships of the 

 road. I have been especially fortunate in my 

 companions on many such rough trips and how 

 often have I been surprised by their kindness and 

 self-denial. My memories of these trips, of the 

 dear companionship, of stories told around camp 

 fires and on deck are easily my most cherished 

 possession. 



It was in the wilds that Humboldt, Darwin, 

 Wallace, Bates, Spruce, and the splendid company 

 of the earlier and greater naturalists studied and 

 worshiped Nature. They were interested in every 

 phase and detail of it; their contact with it made 

 them broad and big and able to see the great truths. 

 There are many specialists who study intensively 

 some small group of animals or plants until they 

 know more about it than anyone else, but they 



