46 Nature protected 
wealthy citizens, and the purchased 
land should be given to some public 
body. No doubt, rich men who sub- 
scribe towards the acquisition of works 
of art would also be willing to contri- 
bute towards the preservation of the 
works of nature. Memorials should 
sometimes take the form of beautiful 
scenery, as has indeed already hap- 
pened in the U.S.A. and to some 
extent in Great Britain. Such a 
memorial would be more lasting and 
more beautiful than the most perfectly 
executed monument in stone. 
If possible, natural monuments 
ought to be preserved without changing 
surrounding nature. To this end, for 
instance, a natural history society in 
Germany made a grant for purchasing 
a large boulder, only on the under- 
standing that it should not be en- 
closed by a fence. However, other 
cases may occur where it is advis- 
