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against it, offering various remedies for the evil. 



We suggest the preservation of home and home ties, 

 the cultivation of reverence for Mother Earth, and the 

 preservation of the noble forests. 



It is the earth alone of all the elements around us 

 that is never found an enemy to man. The great body 

 of waters oppress him with rain and devour him with 

 inundations. The air rushes on in storms and prepares 

 the tempest or lights up the volcano; but the earth, 

 gentle and indulgent, ever subservient to the wants of 

 man, spreads his walk with flowers and his table with 

 plenty; returns with interest every good intrusted to 

 her care; and though she produces the poison, still 

 supplies the antidote; though teased more to supply 

 his luxuries than his necessities, yet even to the last 

 she continues her kind indulgence, and when life is 

 over piously hides his remains in her bosom. 



