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these little baby trees, how to transplant them, etc. Thus in 

 ten years you will have, or might have, ten million children rais- 

 ing plants for the future forests, and in these occupations they 

 will be in touch with the most sacred influences known to the 

 human heart in touch with Life itself. 



The future Forests will start in the American school-house 

 and American home. Sad, sad indeed ! will it be for those who 

 have helped in destroying and wasting such a Divine Gift as the 

 forests ! But we learn from the mistakes of the past. The 

 world will progress with its civilizing influences. I have un- 

 shaken confidence in the triumph of the good that is in man. 

 He will learn the laws of moral and religious life from the 

 life that he sees in the flower, shrub and tree. 



A LOST POWER. 



"What moves the business world?" "Money," says one. 

 Mistake, sir! Money represents labor performed. The nations 

 of the old world found America ripe for labor ! Labor cut down 

 the trees, and with them built houses, fenced farms, made fuel, 



Photo 209, Sunshine and Shadows. 



