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Human effort is not futile, but man fights against the giant forces of Nature in a spirit of humility.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
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Lastly, and possibly most important, forests make this earth comfortable and beautiful. Next to the soil, they are the most useful and helpful of Nature's agencies.
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The mountains are calling and I must go, and I will work on while I can, studying incessantly.