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This interferes with transportation and progress. Affairs are always more or less 

 local. The value of things varies in every little district. One may ride through a 

 dozen languages in one day. In Switzerland alone, a country not much larger than 

 the Adirondack region, there are four distinct tongues, not to mention dialects. 

 There are dukedoms, principalities and little republics galore. In the heart of Italy 

 there is the little republic of San Marino, a mere spot on the map, with a history 

 which would fill volumes. Even in Germany the various states and cities are more 

 or less independent. Wurtemburg, for instance, sends a consul to Bavaria, not so 

 much because he is needed but as a sign of independence. 



FAGOT-GATHERERS NEAR PISA WITH CART. MOUNTED 

 SOLDIERS IN THE DISTANCE. 



Aside from all these local conditions and differences, which may or may not exist 

 between this country and Europe, one thing is certain, and that is this: there have 

 developed in Europe systems of forest production, care, and utilization which are 

 highly praiseworthy and more or less applicable to all parts of the world, even to 

 the Tropics. These rudimentary principles may be taught and applied with modifi- 

 cations in Austria, America, South Africa or India just as European systems of agri- 

 culture have been applied throughout the world. 

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