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There is no state in the Union but needs such a legacy, 

 and when that which is now observed in twenty-eight 

 states becomes a national holiday, then will each citizen 

 have left to him and to his heirs forever, under a seal 

 greater than that of Caesar's, " private arbors and new- 

 planted orchards." 



If a John Howard, ameliorating the evils of convict 

 life and alleviating the sufferings of prisoners, can be 

 called the "world's philanthropist," surely he who origi- 

 nates measures which tend directly to the improvement 

 and fertility of the land and the wealth and comfort of 

 the inhabitants, adding as many dollars to the world's 

 exchequer as the mines of uncoined ore produce, and more 

 rays to the brightness of the world's civilization than the 

 electric spark has generated, is not least among his fellow 

 men. 



A. J. SAWYER. 



FROM IRVING J. MANATT. 



LINCOLN, April 17, 1888. 



MY DEAR SIR One whose life has been largely spent 

 in the presence of grand old forests can but set a high 

 value on the institution of Arbor Day. Its purpose 

 appeals to the finer sentiments and to hard common sense 

 alike; and it is but natural that the idea of it should 

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