THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



out plan well stuck to, which in forestry- 

 brings success. 



In my experience, men differ compara- 

 tively little in mere ability, in the quality of 

 the mental machine, through which the spirit 

 works. Nine times out of ten, it is not ability 

 which brings success, but persistence and 

 enthusiasm, which are usually, but not 

 always, the same as vision and will. We 

 all have ability enough to do the things 

 which lie before us, but the man with the will 

 to keep everlastingly at it, and the vision 

 to realize the meaning and value of the re- 

 sults for which he is striving, is the man who 

 wins in nearly every case. This is true in all 

 human affairs, but it is peculiarly true of 

 the Forester and his task, the end of which 

 lies so far ahead. 



In a class below me at Phillips-Exeter 

 Academy was a boy who had just entered 



the school. His great ambition was to play 



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