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A verse from a short poem - 'Philosophy is Forestry's Child' - in my Foreword:Ask not which came first, the acorn or the oak.We came as children of the forest;First our wooden cradle, then our kindling for industry.Instead think forward __ trees will shelter us from ourselves.
Gabriel Hemery The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life
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A verse from a short poem - 'Philosophy is Forestry's Child' - in my Foreword:Ask not which came first, the acorn or the oak.We came as children of the forest;First our wooden cradle, then our kindling for industry.Instead think forward __ trees will shelter us from ourselves.
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Gabriel Hemery

The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life

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