ROOT AND BRANCH
“ I wonder if any of you men have ever transplanted any trees ? I have* and the root-system has always interested me. You will find, for example, if the tree is a young larch, with its top going straight up and no sidegrowths to speak of, that the root will be what is called a tap-root, going straight down. If it is a fruit tree, with Spreading branches, the roots will likewise be spreading; and, if there is one strong leading branch running to the north, there will be a corresponding big root running to the south, to anchor it. In fact, the part of the tree that lies below the surface corresponds to that which is visible, and largely determines its character. So it is with us men also. That which appears above the surface pepends on. the invisible life beneath. *As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he/ How important, then, is that underworld of thoughts and desires and dormant faculties in which we all really live.” —From a sermon at Dartmoor Prison to about three hundred convicts, by the part-time chaplain, the Rev. Austin Lester.
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Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3183, 28 May 1932, Page 7
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