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our rock of experience, that may warn others of reefs of 

 danger, whereon we have been well nigh stranded. And 

 although the obstacles that we may meet may often seem 

 too great to be overcome, and our progress so slow that we 

 can scarcely note any advancement, let us not forget that — 



" Heaven is not reached by a single bound; 

 But we build the ladder by which we rise 

 From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, 



And we mount to the summit round by round. 



I count this thing to be grandly true; 



That a noble deed is a step toward God — 



Lifting the soul from a common sod 

 To a purer air and a broader view. 



We rise by things that are under our feet; 



By what we have mastered of good and gain, 



By the pride deposed and passion slain, 

 And the vanquished ills that we daily meet. 



Only in dreams is a ladder thrown. 



From the weary earth to the sapphire walls; 

 But the dream departs, and the vision falls, 



And the sleeper awakes on his pillow of stone. 



Heaven is not reached by a single bound; 

 But we build the ladder by which we rise 

 From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, 



And we mount to the summit round by round." 



DISCUSSION. 



Pres. J. M. Smith — We can 'give some time now to the 

 discussion of this most excellent paper. 



B. S. Hoxie — I want to speak of that word used by the 

 speaker and that we hear so often, especially at farmers* 

 conventions — that word " drudgery. " I think she defined it 

 well. I am ashamed when I go up and down the state to 

 meet a farmer who talks about his work as drudgery. I am 

 ashamed to know farmers who love to call their work drudg- 

 ery. Would you consider an act performed for a sick or dy- 



