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same, but it comes in new dress, it centralizes and focuses on 

 specitic points and parts, it divides and subdivides, for tlie rea- 

 son that as we probe into closer relation of things, we find that, 

 in the perfection of our ii;nowledge of parts alone can we, in any 

 true sense, grasp the perfection of the whole. 



Have we ever paused to consider, as we should, how completely 

 man may comprehend and control the most intricate problem of 

 commerce, of manufacture, of art and music, and also how the 

 greater his knowledge, the deeper his researches, the more faith- 

 ful his investigations, the more profound will be his apprecia- 

 tion of the mysteries which surround and develop his every step 

 along the pathway of agriculture. More than this are we fnlly 

 alive to the fact that as we grope, using our best knowledge, 

 we find the way opening for greater and still greater results, 

 results which are all the while bringing increasing blessings to 

 the world. We stand amazed at the marvelous, which is made 

 plain to our understanding by the delvers in the realm of nature, 

 yet they are but putting together the fragments, but coming to 

 a realization of the great harmony which exists throughout. 

 They are not changing, but appreciating what is, and seeking 

 to conform to nature's requirements, out of this knowledge build- 

 ing for the good of future generations. It is simply getting at 

 the harmony of things which alone makes possible improvement. 



Anything and everything which will aid in "strengthening faith 

 in the underlying verities, stimulate ambition to grow, arouse 

 competition along lines which lead to better stock and products, 

 educate towards an appreciation of what must be taken in its 

 entirety in order for the man to be a man in the best sense of 

 the term — all this is demanded in the field of active duties to- 

 day, and will be in all the days before us. Hands are to be but 

 willing servants of active brains The power which lifts the 

 standard of production or rate of speed brings to the forefront 

 added lines of beauty, and a higher degree of intelligence must 

 have keener appreciation and a clearer ideal. Have we ever 

 thought that it is only in our ideals we are to find safety, and 

 no where else, whether it be in the field of the moral or me- 



