THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



to his beliefs. In addition, he must make 

 available to others the results he secures 

 from the study of new facts. A usable 

 command of his own language will stand him 

 in good stead, whether he needs to talk face 

 to face with another man, or from a plat- 

 form to a concourse of people, or to put into 

 readable printed form the results of his 

 observations or his thinking. 



When the young Forester has completed 

 the courses of his school training in America, 

 the question may be raised whether he 

 should supplement his training by study 

 abroad. I am strongly of opinion that he 

 should do so if he can. Study abroad is not 

 indispensable for the American Forester, 

 but it can do him nothing but good to see in 

 practical operation the methods of forestry 

 which have resulted from the long experience 

 of other lands, and especially to become 

 familiar with the effect of sound forestry 

 on the forest. 



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