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man with whom he comes in contact, and the State of Maine 

 will be proud that somebody who is to serve it has broadened 

 himself beyond the attainments he possessed when he secured 

 the position. He could have held his position, probably, without 

 this. Xo one of us can afford to be narrower, or as narrow, a& 

 the business we practice. 



Does technical education, then, pay? It seems to me that it 

 pays from every possible standpoint. Ordinary ability trained 

 is greater than magnificent ability untrained. How many of us 

 have friends or acquaintances of whom w^e say, if that boy or 

 that girl had had training he would have been an artist, a musi- 

 cian, a machinist ! But he lacked the training, fortune did not 

 give it to him, he did not have the opportunity, some burden fell 

 upon him so that in his 3'outh he could not obtain it. All honor 

 to the man in middle life, or even approaching the years of old 

 age, who feels that he will recover from the misfortune of his 

 youth by going away and training himself in some line of work, 

 T have been in some of these institutions of learning and seen 

 men old enough to be my father studying under men young 

 enough to be my son, and they are getting their remaining years 

 enriched and broadened so that if they have but one year more 

 to live they will enter heaven with a broader view and will walk 

 the golden streets with a lighter step and their crown will be 

 much more sure to fit, and their harp will not be out of tune, 

 because of that study. I hope that you agree with me that tech- 

 nical training is a necessity for practical life. 



