No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.
To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy.
Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.
The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.