THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



own personal comfort, and should have and 

 conserve endurance enough to stand severe 

 physical work accompanied by mental labor 

 equally exhausting. 



Foresters are still few in numbers, and 

 the point of view which they represent, while 

 it is making immense strides in public ac- 

 ceptance, is still far from general applica- 

 tion. Therefore, Foresters are still mission- 

 aries in a very real sense, and since they* are 

 so few, it is of the utmost importance that 

 they should stand closely together. Differ- 

 ences of opinion there must always be in all 

 professions, but there is no other profession 

 in which it is more important to keep these 

 differences from working out into animosi- 

 ties or separations of any kind. We are 

 fortunate above all in this, that American 

 Foresters are united as probably the mem- 

 bers of no other profession. This esprit de 

 corps has given them their greatest power of 



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