 It is enough to know that when we plant a tree we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and a happier dwelling place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves. As you drop the seed, as you plant the sapling, your left hand...  Biennial Report - Page 2481889Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1889 - 454 pages
...pleasing and amusing yourself, you are seriously contributing to the future welfare of the country." "There is a serene and settled majesty in woodland...can to make our planet a 'more wholesome and happier dwellingplace for those who come after us, if not for ourselves. As you drop the seed, as you plant... | |
 | Ohio State Forestry Association - Forests and forestry - 1884 - 122 pages
...their gay deciduous neighbors? But I must not, let my fancy run away with me. It is enough to know that when we plant a tree, we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling-place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves. As you drop tlie seed, as you plant... | |
 | Social sciences - 1884 - 692 pages
...emphasizes the use and poetry of tree-planting for children in the following graceful language : — When we plant a tree we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling-place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves. As you drop the seed, as you plant... | |
 | John Bradley Peaslee - Arbor Day - 1884 - 76 pages
...procure these ends than the holiday set apart for the public schools. JT HEADLEY : Extract from Letter. WHEN we plant a tree, we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome arid happier dwelling-place for those who come after us if not for ourselves. As you drop the seed,... | |
 | Birdsey Grant Northrop - Floods - 1885 - 48 pages
...following "Arbor Day letter " of Holmes, which was also addressed to the children of Cincinnati: " When we plant a tree, we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling-place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves. "As you drop the seed, as you plant... | |
 | Michigan State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1886 - 552 pages
...their gay, deciduous neighbors? But I must not let fancy run away with me. It is enough to know that when we plant a tree we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and a happier dwelling place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves. As you drop the seed, as... | |
 | Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - Forests and forestry - 1888 - 162 pages
...fatal crime against the fertility of our Mother Earth. — Felix L. Oswald. It is enough to know that when we plant a tree we are doing what we can to make our plant a more wholesome and a happier dwelling place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves.... | |
 | Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - Forests and forestry - 1888 - 164 pages
...fatal crime against the fertility of our Mother Earth. — Felix L. Oswald. It is enough to know that when we plant a tree we are doing what we can to make our plant a more wholesome and a happier dwelling place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves.... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...solemn for the many-hued raiment of their gay, deciduous neighbors ? 5458 Holmes : Extract from Letter. When we plant a tree, we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling-place for those who come after us if not for ourselves. 5459 j ^ ..M;, ,,t Holmes: Extract... | |
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