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believe, because that same improper patriotism, referred to above, has for a long 

 time clouded the minds of many teachers and students of economics. Neverthe- 

 less, the present generation of them will agree that political economy or economics 

 is based upon laws and principles which can be deduced from the various forms of 

 their application in all parts of the world. 



Different economic conditions will, naturally, necessitate a different form or 

 method of application ; but it is only in this difference of method that the arts vary 

 in the different countries, not in essentials. 



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Applying these general remarks to our particular subject, forestry, whether prac- 

 tised in Germany, in India, or in America, must exhibit certain laws and principles, 

 which can be deduced and formulated. 



Now forestry is one of the economic arts, which relies, on the one hand, upon 

 immutable natural laws in the production of its crop and, on the other hand, — in 

 the conduct of its business portion, — upon economic laws, which are also immutable, 

 although less readily recognized, since they cannot be so readily tested as can the 

 natural laws, and their recognition requires judgment. 



