448 State Board of Agriculture, &c. 



its principles, and so to complieht:!nd its details that, from 

 it, be may secure to himself the greatest good in the 

 shortest time. Hence we see why Henry Wilson learned 

 the trade of making shoes in one-half the time required by 

 men in general. Here we see why young men of college 

 education become, in a short time, efficient in their profes- 

 sions. 



Such discipline gives a man a broad culture, enlarges 

 and liberalizes his views of persons and things, and yields- 

 him, in his declining years, a rich harvest of healthful 

 thoughts and pleasurable emotions. 



Is such a discipline of mind within the reach of all our 

 youth '( 



I would say to nearly all. The State makes provision 

 for the primary education of all. In our schools the foun- 

 dation for a broad mental culture may be laid, and, with 

 the ordinary degree of enthusiasm found in the American 

 character, the means and opportunity can be obtained for 

 extending the work already begun. To accomplish so 

 desirable an object, in the shortest time, the course of 

 study that will bring into active exercise, at the same time> 

 the largest number of the intellectual faculties, is deemed, 

 by educators, the most effective. . 



It is admitted by all that the sciences will discipline the 

 mind. But it is found, from actual experience, that each 

 science is adapted to train only some particular faculty. 

 Hence, to give a man such mental culture as is necessary 

 for success in business, a longer time is required in a 

 scientific than in the classical school. 



The mathematics, in both courses, must be carried to the 



