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not merely a privilege, but it is a sacred duty for Americans to guard and to 

 preserve what little is left of this heritage our fathers so cheerfully wasted. 

 This is not a matter of sentimentalism. It is not a vague idealism. It is a 

 reality. These trees are part of our national monuments, our national inher- 

 itance, of far more value to ourselves and to those who come after us than any 

 of the works of man." W. M. 



