 There is a grandeur of thought connected with this heroic line of husbandry. It is worthy of liberal and freeborn and aspiring men. He who plants an oak, looks forward to future ages and plants for posterity. He cannot expect to enjoy its shelter, but...  Tree Planting, Forestry in Europe: And Other Papers - Page 24by Birdsey Grant Northrop - 1880 - 123 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1873 - 446 pages
...exults in the idea that the acorn which he has buried in the earth, shall grow up into a lofty tree, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields ; indeed, it is the nature of such occupation, to lift... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1874 - 396 pages
...exults in the idea that the acorn which he h:is buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, ami shall keep on flourishing and increasing and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields." 'Bold ' pieces should have 'loud ' ' standard force,'... | |
 | Connecticut. State Board of Education - Education - 1875 - 292 pages
...plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter, but he exults in the idea that...after he has ceased to tread his paternal fields." It would be a grand step of progress, if an association for village improvement should be formed in everv... | |
 | Connecticut. Board of Education - 1875 - 302 pages
...plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter, but he exults in the idea that...after he has ceased to tread his paternal fields." It would be a grand step of progress, if an association for village improvement should be formed in every... | |
 | John Whetham Boddam-Whetham - Hawaii - 1876 - 414 pages
...but he exults in the idea that the acorn he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty tree, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal hills/' The planter of a cocoa-nut tree has this advantage... | |
 | Connecticut. Board of Education - 1876 - 262 pages
...earth shall grow up into a lofty pile and shall keep on flourishing and increasing and benefitting mankind long after he has ceased to tread his paternal fields." It would be a grand achievement for this centennial year, if a genuine interest in arboriculture can be... | |
 | Birdsey Grant Northrop - Forests and forestry - 1878 - 50 pages
...usage, fashion, or interest here, as did the civil law there, required that every young man before lie married should plant a tree. In some of our Western...world." It was the simple beauty he had created at Marsh field,—the grassy lawns, the shaded approaches, the hundreds of trees of his planting,—that... | |
 | Birdsey Grant Northrup - City planning - 1880 - 64 pages
...trees. It argues a sweet and generous nature to have this strong friendship for the hardy and glorioris sons of the forest. There is a serene majesty in woodland...world." It was the simple beauty he had created at Marshfield, — the grassy lawns, the shaded approaches, the hundreds of trees of his planting, —... | |
 | Birdsey Grant Northrop - Cities and towns - 1882 - 130 pages
...forecast the future as the condition of wisdom. Arboriculture is a discipline in foresight — -it is always planting for the future, and sometimes for...world." It was the simple beauty he had created at Marshfield, — the grassy lawns, the shaded approaches, the hundreds of trees of his planting, —... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 pages
...exults in the idea that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, an 1 shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields. Indeed, it is the nature of such occupations to lift... | |
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