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Let me add : At Bates College, very often the farm boy and 

 girl come in without having had the very best opportunities by 

 way of preparation, but in the course of a year or two, they 

 stand at the head of the class. We had, one year, a country 

 boy whose opportunities had been far from good, but at the 

 end of the first year he came out with the highest rank of his 

 class. 



