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to stand as equals before the nations of the earth, whiie she is imposed upon 
by all. : 
Instance Germany, France, and other continental nations, whose forests 
are protected and made to aid in her manufacturing industries, and note the 
higher civilization of these people. 
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Observe the world power of ancient Israel, in the time of Kings David 
and Solomon, and her forest wealth, the ten millions of people supported by 
the soil of Palestine, and compare this with the same region in its degradation 
at the present time—its total absence of forests, and poverty of soil. 
But we ‘wish to show the condition of Korea, the Hermit Kingdom; a 
land without forests, a people enslaved by other powers, and to trace a con- 
nection between these two conditions. 
DEVIL POST BY ROADSIDE, KOREA 
The twelve million Koreans occupy 85,000 square miles of land, 140 
inhabitants to the square mile—a far denser population than Europe, or all 
of Asia. 
There are some trees in Korea, standing upon the hilltops, where rest the 
bones of her ancestry. The religious observation of an ancient custom, the 
preservation of ancestral graves, and veneration for the dead, has caused 
them to refrain from disturbing the trees upon these sites, and alone preserved 
them from destruction. 
