Proceedings of the American Forestry Association ..., Del 1

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[The Association] Secretary's Office, 1896
 

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Side 57 - Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings...
Side 35 - And so reverted to the principle formerly considered as the one suited to conditions, and the matter was referred to the executive committee with power to act; the...
Side 58 - And don't you remember the school, Ben Bolt, With the master so cruel and grim, And the shaded nook in the running brook Where the children went to swim ? Grass grows on the master's grave, Ben Bolt, The spring of the brook is dry, And of all the boys who were schoolmates then There are only you and I.
Side 46 - There is something nobly simple and pure in such a taste : it argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line of husbandry.
Side 27 - Secretary read the minutes of the last annual meeting, •which were approved.
Side 59 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as a stream of brooks they pass away.
Side 21 - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, the Vice-President (who shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Committee), and seven members elected from the fellows of the Pacific Division.
Side 47 - It has only been in the last decade that there has been anything like a general awakening of public sentiment on the forestry question.
Side 44 - The following resolution was offered by the Committee on Resolutions : Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are hereby extended to Dr.
Side 46 - Whosoever works for the forests works for the happiness and permanence of our civilization. A tree may be an obstruction, but it is never useless. Now is the time to work if we are to be blessed and not cursed by the people of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The nation that neglects its forests is surely destined to ruin.

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