Seventh pupil.
It may be said that the measure of attention given to trees indicates the condition of agriculture and civilization of a country.
—Mahé.
Eighth pupil.
I said I will not walk with men to-day,
But I will go among the blessed trees,—
Among the forest trees I'll take my way,
And they shall say to me what words they please.
And when I came among the trees of God,
With all their million voices sweet and blest,
They gave me welcome. So I slowly trod
Their arched and lofty aisles, with heart at rest.
Ninth pupil.
Forests can flourish independent of agriculture; but agriculture cannot prosper without forests.
Tenth pupil.
The man who builds does a work which begins to decay as soon as he has done, but the work of the man who plants trees grows better and better, year after year, for generations.