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outgrow us and outlive us, but stand helpless, poor 

 things while nature dresses and undresses them." 



HOLMES. 



Third Pupil. 



"Give fools their gold and knaves their power; 



Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; 

 Who sows a field, or trains a flower, 



Or plants a tree, is more than all. 

 For he who blesses most is blest; 

 And God and man shall own his worth; 

 Who toils to leave as his bequest 



An added beauty to the earth. " 



WHITTIER. 



Fourth Pupil 



"There is something nobly simple and pure in a 

 taste for the cultivation of forest trees. It argues, 

 I think, a sweet and generous nature to have this 

 strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this 

 friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the 

 forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected 

 with this part of rural economy. . . . He who 

 plants an oak looks forward to future ages, and plants 

 for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this." 



IRVING. 



Fifth Pupil 



"What conqueror in any part of 'Life's broad 

 field of battle' could desire a more beautiful, a more 



