444 State Board of Agricultuhe, &c. 



on scientific^ principles, a single gun-l)oat that not only 

 saved his adopted conntry from tJie power of tlie slave- 

 holder, Ijnt lias remodeled all tlie navies of the world. 



Commodore Worden^ in taking the command of the 

 Monitor, only carried out the intention of Ericson. 



I am aware that I am combining in what I call practical 

 labor, more or less theory; this is just what I intended. 



We speak of a practicing physician or a practical 

 teacher — do wv understand, l)y these terms, that these 

 men have no knowledge of the theory of these professions, 

 and the nature of the subjects on which they practice ? Do 

 we not entrust the safety of our lives and the edu(;ation of 

 our children to those who understandingly base their prac- 

 tice on a well-known theory ? 



We believe this will be admitted as sound doctrine and 

 should be adoj^ted by practical men. 



This leads me to inquire how the laborer should bo edu- 

 cated, or what branches of study should those who arc 

 designing to engage in the useful arts pursue ? 



We have seen that, generally, an education cannot bo 

 acquired while actively engaged in learning a trade or 

 laboring on a farm. 



, We have also seen that the man of thought is really the 

 great benefactor of the useful arts. Tlic first thing, then, for 

 the farmer or artisan to secure would be a thorouo-h men- 

 tal training. It will be admitted that mind, like matter, is 

 governed by certain fixed laws. To accomplish, in the 

 shortest time, a certain mental effect, the antecedents to 

 such a result must be complied with. The process of 

 growth and progress in tlie mind of the boy who learns an 



