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samp extent ; nearly all the " ologies " in the scientific 

 course must be studied at a very great disadvantage, 

 because the language of science is, essentially, classical, 

 and in the Latin and Greek languages we find every sci- 

 entific term, from arithmetic to psychology, accurately 

 defined. 



No one of the sciences, according to the testimony of 

 the friends of scientific learnino- can be foimd amono- all 

 the " ologies " in the English language that can call into 

 active exercise, at the same time, so many powers of the 

 human mind as the first oration aorainst Catiline or the 

 first book of the Iliad. 



If, then, we take into consideration the nature of the 

 discipline, the work done, and the expenditure in time and 

 money, we may fairly come to the conclusion that, of al{ 

 the means for the mental training of the laboring classes of 

 onr country, the classical is the most efficient and econom 

 ical. 



Let, then, the laborers avail themselves of a culture of 

 this kind, and we shall find more enterprising farmers, and 

 more successful and skillful mechanics. Farming will be 

 made more attractive, the mechanic arts will be more 

 pleasing, and the children of the laborers will rejoice to 

 follow in the footsteps of their fathers. 



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