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Excerpt from The Link: June 1965 One speaks of the redwoods not in terms Of years but Of centuries, for the Oldest trees date back to around years. We think Of Columbus' arrival in the New World as ancient; yet the redwoods were very Old and exceedingly tall when Columbus' first men set foot in the Americas. Even when Christ trod ancient Judea, many of the redwoods were growing and were of gigantic girth. The oldest trees date back to the time Of Moses or Of Abraham. It is symbolic that they began to grow about the time that the He brew-christian religion originated. Thus our religion and the redwoods give us a sense of continuity with the past. But we do not contemplate their past for long, for the redwoods teach us that the present is our true focus Of reality. Among the red woods we find ourselves in a silent presence that renews our hearts, minds, and spirits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.