well-thoughtout

Updated: June 20, 2025

Forestry is preëminently a profession for the "soon" man, for it is the steady preparation long in advance, the well-thoughtout plan well stuck to, which in forestry brings success. In my experience, men differ comparatively little in mere ability, in the quality of the mental machine, through which the spirit works.

Gifford Pinchot - The Training of a Forester