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taken on nature study jaunts by itinerant teachers, selected and paid 
for the purpose, or the children of the Metropolitan poor, who when a 
self-immolating teacher takes them on an annual jaunt to a park and 
invites her own mother to come and help, gaze upon the mother and 
the park and inquire as to the former, "Is that Mother Nature? ” or the 
children of these village families who go in the parental Ford, or be¬ 
hind the family team, the whole family together, on a picnic club meet¬ 
ing, to explore " Garvin Hill ” or the " Acre ” and make mutual report 
on its flora, its fauna and its cultural improvements? Think of the 
families all talking it over thereafter! No wonder that successful pro¬ 
geny return in old age to endow something! They feel toward their 
field and forest haunts the tenderness of the genuine patriot who de¬ 
sires in his turn to repay the blessings he has received. 
So—the publication of this brochure is a duty to humanity, to the 
country, to the State of Vermont, and to the town of Hartland. 
J. C. Dana 
