PIECING THE FRAGMENTS OF 

 A MOTION-PICTURE FILM 



WE STOP TO TAKE A BACKWARD GLANCE 



>( \ X THEX you speak of environment as an 



y \ active influence," I am asked, "do you 

 mean the soil, the rainfall and the 

 climate?" 



Yes, I mean these, but not only these ; I mean 

 also such elements of environment as the Union 

 Pacific Railroad. 



I will explain. 



Go out into the woods, almost anywhere in 

 the United States, and hunt up a wild plum 

 tree, and you will find that it bears a poor lit- 

 tle fruit with a big stone. 



The only purpose which the wild plum has in 

 surrounding its seed with a fruit anyway is to 

 attract man and the animals, so that they may 

 carry it away from the foot of the parent tree 

 and start it in new surroundings for the good 

 of itself and offspring in the race for life. It 



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