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nninity; that lie should base his work on accurate information and 

 should not work in the dark. He wanted to carry that ideal into every 

 home. 



So he went about his work, a simple, unaffected, grand old man. 

 We have not seen in our generation many men so filled with an unsel- 

 fish desire to do what is best for his fellow-man. I shall consider it 

 one of the greatest blessings of my life to have known that man well. 

 Much of the inspiration gone into the South in recent years has come 

 from his brain. It is now proposed that the South shall erect a monu- 

 ment 1o that man — not of brass or marble, but a living monument. 

 His people propose to establish a school for farm boys and farm girls 

 which shall be his memorial, a school to serve as a model for all the 

 schools we are projecting, a school where all the essentials are taught, 

 such a school as they have in Denmark. This school shall serve as a 

 beacon-light to show other schools that are being established in America 

 what can be done toward teaching the fundamentals of good farming 

 in tbe schools. Mr. Early has come to talk about this school, and he 

 asked me to say a few words of introduction as to this good man. 



I wish every school child of Xorth Carolina would put one penny in 

 the school proposed as a memorial to this man. "We want every child 

 to have an individual interest in it, so that he can feel that he helped 

 to build that school, that he helped to build the memorial of this man, 

 so simple, so unselfish, who touched the life of the whole Southern 

 people. 



Major W. A. Graham : I am sure we are glad to have this gentle- 

 man come here to talk about Dr. Knapp, and about the memorial that 

 the South is going to erect for him. i^ations with no monuments soon 

 pass away, and we want many monuments to our great men, not neces- 

 sarily of brass or stone, but living monuments such as this projected 

 school. 



TVe have here a representative meeting of farmers, and you know 

 that the politician is very fond of the farmer. But the politicians 

 have done but little for the farmers, and it is men like Dr. Knapp 

 who have helped the farmers of the South. Dr. Knapp left his life- 

 work behind him. Though he has passed away, his Avork is still here, 

 and from it we expect great things. But we cannot advance so long 

 as we feel that every man lives to himself, so long as he has the feeling 

 of having nothing to do with his neighbor. If we can get farmers 

 to cooperate we shall see advances all along the line. 



Dr. Knapp wanted every man to feel that he was a part of the 

 machine, that he was necessary to his neighbors; and now we want 

 every farmer here to have a part in this work of raising this memorial 

 to Dr. Knapp. When we pass away we want our children to feel that 

 they have a part in this memorial which will hand down the memory 

 of this man to future generations ; and so, for the sake of our children, 

 Ave want every man to help in the erection of this great school. 



