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lives they live. Only in reaching- after largest possible dominion 

 that its increased capacity may insure greater blessing can there 

 be lasting satisfaction. Daily we are waking to the fact that 

 the forces of the Infinite are in closer partnership than we dream 

 and that there is no limit to human achievements save the limit 

 of human comprehension. 



The Grange has been, is and is to be the potential ally of 

 the legally organized agricultural body of the state and, holding 

 to its fundamental line of duty, loyal to its declaration of purposes, 

 guided by men and women devoted to the substantial upbuilding 

 of the state and nation, its influence will be, as it has thus far 

 been, to mould, fashion and organize the conservative judgment 

 of the intelligent yeomanry of the state for the accomplishment 

 of great results through the conception of great possibilities. Out 

 of these will come more faith in the farm, more faith in the home, 

 more faith in this underlying, overmastering industry which while 

 time shall last must feed the increasing army of the children of 

 men. 



For this to be possible, you and I and every worker, whether 

 in 'the factory or on the farm, must prepare to stand in our allotted 

 places, to do the best of which we are capable and seek continually 

 for that better way which always will be just one step higher 

 than present attainments. Goethe in his last moments cried for 

 "more light" that he might see clearly the path of duty, Emer- 

 son would have us "hitch our wagons to a star" that there might 

 be no limit to our striving, and Carlyle would have "the best 

 there is in you and the whole of it" to satisfy the cravings of the 

 aspiring soul. All through the ages these calls have been ringing 

 out, they have stirred the ambitions and kindled the enthusiasm 

 of men, and when, in the swing of the centuries, we wake to 

 that essential principle of co-operation, where, shoulder to 

 shoulder, the workers are to find each his peculiar sphere of ac- 

 tion, the outcome of the whole will be the finished product which 

 will satisfy. There will then be no call for a plea for the butter 

 maker, for in line with him, side by side, keeping step to the 

 exultant music born of positive convictions and dominating pur- 

 pose, will be ever}'- worker, the sequence will be established, and 

 from the pasture to the finished product the steps of earnest ap- 

 preciative toilers may be seen working their way up the hills of 

 difficulty into the land of positive attainment where the end shall 

 be cultured, reliant, self-poised manhood and womanhood. 



President Bruce : — From lack of time we shall have to cut 

 off the discussion of this paper, and T now declare the thirty- 

 fifth annual meeting of the Vermont State Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion adjourned. 



