20 Forests and Trees 



character that cannot be easily improved, this reacts on 

 all living conditions and tends to make them permanent. 



There is a value in trees and forests that can never be 

 measured in terms of money, moisture, or protection from 

 winds, that subtle beauty which marks a varied land- 

 scape that clings to the home nestling among trees. This 

 is the beauty and the charm which binds people to the soil, 

 and the lack of which sends many young people to seek 

 more congenial surroundings. Let us not underestimate 

 the value of the forest in making any region beautiful, for 

 this value is none the less real because it is spiritual rather 

 than material. 



