 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...  Journal of Social Science - Page 241884Full view - About this book
 | Ohio State Forestry Association - 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...who come after us, if not for ourselves. As you drop tlie seed, as you plant the sapling, your left hand hardly knows what your right hand is doing. But... | |
 | John Bradley Peaslee - 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,... | |
 | Michigan State Horticultural Society - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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...for those who come after us if not for ourselves. 5459 j ^ ..M;, ,,t Holmes: Extract from Letter. Trees have about them something very fair and att/active... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1890 - 548 pages
...planting of trees, I think posterity will be grateful for it," And he has written on the same subject, " When we plant a tree we are doing what we can to make...for those who come after us, if not for ourselves. . . You have been warned against hiding your talent in a napkin, but if your talent takes the form... | |
 | Eldridge Eugene Fish - 1890 - 272 pages
...hymns, too solemn for the many-hued raiment of their gay deciduous neighlors. 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." OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.... | |
 | Oregon. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction - 1891 - 332 pages
...enters into the soul, and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations."—Irving. "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... | |
 | 1892
...pine, the grandest trees in our woods, which I would not exchange for oriental palms. — WHITTIER. When we plant a tree, we are doing what we can to maite our planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling-place for those who come after us. If not for... | |
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