The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: "And the rangers stand for it? Where'll their jobs be when the Government
finds out?"
"I was against it from the start. So was Jim, particularly. But the other
rangers persuaded us."
It began to dawn upon me that Dick Leslie might, after all, turn out to be
good soil in which to plant some seeds of forestry. I said no more then, as
we were busy packing for the start, but when we had mounted I began to
talk. I told him all I had learned about trees, how I loved them, and how I
had determined to devote my life to their study, care, and development. As
we rode along under the wide-spreading pines I illustrated my remarks by
every example I could possibly use. The more I talked the more interested
The Young Forester |