The Forest and Life 7 



foundation of a great nation. If we feel at times that they 

 were wasteful of the gifts of nature, let us remember the 

 conditions under which they lived ; that their continuous 

 struggle against the forest made it seem to them a natural 

 enemy. 



If we are to have a different sentiment, we must create 

 it in the children. The attitude of the rising generation 

 toward the forest is not one of antagonism but of indiffer- 

 ence. They have not had to fight it and so do not regard 

 it as an enemy ; not knowing its value they do not see in 

 it a friend. The responsibility rests on the schools to 

 develop in the young a proper appreciation of our forest 

 heritage. 



