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parties on whom the responsibility rests will need the confidence, the 

 forbearance, and the cordial co-operation of the people. It will require 

 caution, judgment, and practical wisdom on the one hand, and a candid 

 appreciation of the difficulties, and reasonable expectations on the other. 

 It will require faith in the application of science to the improvement of 

 practice. We know that it has elevated other arts, improved the appli- 

 ances of labor, and cheapened the production of the necessaries of life. 

 Why should it not lead, in a reasonable time, to more enlightened pro- 

 cesses of mining and farm work, bring mind and thought to bear upon 

 the labors of the hand, and infuse new spirit into the whole mining and 

 farming community? 



