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calls of the barred owl, to the rustle of the leaves which were 

 stirred by some night-prowling animal, and to that most melan- 

 choly but most inspiring music that is made by a gentle wind 

 playing among the branches of trees. There are those who feel 

 that our forests are something more than a "business proposi- 

 tion" and who deplore their destruction as much for their in- 

 fluence as for their economic value. 



