THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM 



say ? But for the new earth I say, yes — there is 

 one abeady. The things of the earth, man's work 

 on, in, and with it, have taken on an importance 

 never known to us before. Men, women, and chil- 

 dren all are producing the very bread they eat. 

 No one who has once come into contact with the 

 earth by growing either crops or garden stuff can 

 or will stop there. The inner desire for beauty is 

 too strong for him; next year and in all the follow- 

 ing years flowers, shrubs, trees will be the coveted 

 matters. And as this tide of feeling grows, as 

 grow it must and will, we shall need as never be- 

 fore such a temple of beauty as the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum. Then will the people crowd to its gates 

 as not heretofore in its history, to admire, to en- 

 joy, above all to learn; and each man, having 

 learned, shall be prepared to add his share to the 

 wisest, finest improving of his part of the land in 

 which we dwell. 



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