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Roanne to the sea. The personnel will coordinate the ;V . .rts made 



who have the care of canals have also throughout the country, so that the re- 



the supervision of rivers, and the num- suit will he a harmonious whle'and 



her of navigable kilometers increases that prosperity reaches every part of 



from year to year; it has now reached this land, i- proportionately -p 



eight thousand. The principles which the 



Thus are we working in order to question are happily familiar t you, 



turn to the best possible use the na- and you well know that if the Mi.-- 



tural resources of our country, those sippi is the "father of waters." the for- 



resources which the rashness of iso- est is the father of the Mississippi, 



lated individuals would often destroy, We watch with friendly interest what 



if Parliament did not interfere in the you are doipg in this line, and we are 



interest of the many. As the meeting confident that your ship of state will 



of this very congress shows, you are ride the waves as ours has done for 



bent on doing the same, on a scale so many centuries, a ship that may 



proportionate to the immensity of your know storms, but shall never founder, 



territory and of your resources. The "Flnctnat nee incrgitnr." 

 importance of the general plan which 



IN THE HEART OF THE WOODS 



Such beautiful things in the heart of the 



woods! 

 Flowers and ferns and the soft green 



moss; 



Such love of the birds in the solitmi 

 Where the swift winds glance and the 



tree tops toss; 



Spaces of silence swept with song, 

 Which nobody hears but the God 



above; 



Spaces where myriad creatures throng, 

 Sunning themselves in his guarding 

 love. 



Such safety and peace in the heart of the 



woods, 



Far from the city's dust and din. 

 Where passion nor hate nor man in- 

 trudes, 



Xor fashion nor folly has entered in. 

 Deeper than hunter's trail hath gone 

 Glimmers the tarn where the wild 



deer drink; 

 And fearless and free comes the gentle 



fawn, 



To peep at herself o'er the grassy 

 brink. 



Such pledges of love in the heart of the 



'ds! 

 For the Maker of all things keeps the 



feast, 

 Ami over the tiny flowers bro< 



With care that for ages has never 



sed. 



If he cares for this, will he not for tl 

 Thee, wherever thou art to-day" 

 Child of an infinite Father. s< 



And safe in such gentlest k< -!ay. 



Margaret 1 



