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ment by being readily seen, and from now on this 

 life will become a factor in education. Children 

 who go into parks will be pleasantly compelled 

 to observe, delightfully incited to think, and 

 will thus become alert and interested, — will 

 have the very foundation of education. Perhaps 

 it is safe to predict that from now on the tend- 

 ency will be to multiply the number of parks 

 and decrease the number of zoological gardens. 

 Scenic places, if used for parks, will pay larger 

 returns than by any other use that can be made 

 of their territory. Parks, then, are not a luxury 

 but a profitable investment. Switzerland is sup- 

 porting about half of her population through 

 the use of her mountain scenery for recreation 

 purposes. Although parks pay large dividends, 

 they also have a higher, nobler use. They help 

 make better men and women. Outdoor life is 

 educational. It develops the seeing eye, supplies 

 information, gives material for reflection, and 

 compels thinking, which is one of the greatest 

 of accomplishments. Exercise in the pure air 

 of parks means health, which is the greatest of 

 personal resources, and this in turn makes for 



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