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^rt is the same, in every respect, as in the lad Avho intends- 

 to enter the profession of law, medicine or theology ; con 

 seqnently, to secure a thorough mental culture for the arti- 

 san and the farmer, the same course of study is necessary 

 as for the lawyer, the physician or the clergyman. 



In discussing this part of the subject, we must be guided 

 by the opinions of those men who have carefully studied 

 the nature of the human mind and the means by which its 

 powers are developed and disciplined. 



I am well aware tliat there are two opinions advanced as 

 to how the human mind can be trained. It is the part of 

 wise men to examine carefully a subject so intimately con- 

 nected with the success and welfare of the laboring classes 

 in our country. 



Senators in Congress, after they have come in contact 

 with a Webster or a Sunmer, have regretted the mistake 

 they made, in youth, by listening to the advice of those 

 who thought a liberal course of instruction was of no prac- 

 tical importance. 



Lawyers and physicians, after years of practice, have 

 acknowledged the error they committed, in early life, by 

 thinking Latin and Greek to be dead languages, and of no 

 practical use. Many a clerygman has left his pulpit for 

 the academy and college. 



Had the mechanics and artisans of the country had a 

 thorough mental training in the study of the languages and 

 political economy, they would not now resort to " strikes " 

 to redress any real or supposed wrong done them. 



The fanners, feeling their need of more information on 

 the theory of agriculture, demand of the State appropri- 



