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IIO.Mi: I'LANTINCi AM) LANDSCAl'i: (, All DKM N< . 



A "-(jod city can no mure .sacccs.st'ully 1k' inii)()sc(l fn»ni Nvitliout, llian a 

 good character can be imposed upon an individual. A beautiful city an«l a 

 beautiful public life nui.st be the manifestation of the right spirit within. 

 Therefore it is primarily incumbent upon every one interested in what has 

 so happily been called ''the forward movement "" ti. develop a character 

 (wholesome), a love for truth and righteousness, a Christian grace. As we 

 grow in knowledge and grace, we will reflect it in our public life : and recip- 

 n»cally, as our public life advances, it will be reflected in higher personal 



standards. 



A Carnegie may build a lil)rary, a Marshall Field construct a great 

 nniseum. a Rockefeller found a great university, but our cities nuist be built 

 by the people themselves. There is no magic to be availed of : no Pauline 

 conversion to be expected. Our municipal salvation nnist be wrouirht out 

 l)atiently, carefully, ofttimes in fear and trendjling. and n(.t by any one or 

 two, but by the whole community. — C. 1». Woouki if 



Just as the State grew out of the family, so the beautiful city can only be 

 the outcome of the beautiful home. — Ai.lxamh; \ lii.i mhi;k<; 



III <'eiieral the i)livsical features of a landscanr siii)[)ly the 

 skeleton whieh life elothes witli beauty of U)vn\ and eulor, and, 

 like skeletons, lifeless deserts or luouutains are irloouiy and 

 forhiddiuQ-. Witliout plants the animation imparted hy animal 

 life is also lackinu", and the silence and loneliness of sncli scenes 

 become oppressive. Ilcnce the living- factors which add attrac- 

 tiveness and charm to home and country are legitimate topics 



tor study. 



'' Beautiful America" is tlic w aiciiword of a national move- 

 ment represented in organized form l»y the American C ivic 

 Association. Tliis organization stands for more l)eautiful liomes 

 and country roads, more beautiful towns, cities, streets, and 



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