human
Hello! said the elder of them, addressing Master.
gpt
I congratulate you. I told my son it was a great speech. Ask him if I didn't.
human
I enjoyed your speech, said young Migley.
gpt
But there's no use talking to us about saving the wilderness. If we did as you wish, we'd have nothing to do but twirl our thumbs.
human
On the contrary, you'd have a permanent business, whereas your present course will soon lead you to the end of it. I would have you cut nothing below twelve inches at the butt, and get your harvest as often as you can find it.
gpt
said
human
Pop
gpt
You condemn the plan without trial, Master continued.
human
Anyhow, if an owner wants his value at once, let us have a law under which he can transfer his timber-land to the State on a fair appraisal.
gpt
The State wouldn't pay us half we can make by cutting it.
human
Probably not, but you'd have your time and capital for other uses. Then, too, you should think of the public good. You're rich enough.
gpt
But not fool enough,
human
I thought you were ambitious to be a public servant,
gpt
But not as a professor of moral philosophy.
human
And, of course, not as a professor of moral turpitude, said the woods lover.
gpt
The public is not to be wholly forgotten.
human
I'm for my part of the public, first, last, and always,
gpt
His part of the public is mostly himself. He is trying to buy his way into the Assembly, and I hope he'll fail.