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the origin of all soils, and give tlieir peculiar qualities, from his 

 geological knowledge, as a farmer; in fine, tliat lie may be tho- 

 rouglily qualified to investigate the public questions of the day in 

 literature or science, pursue correctly the conceptions of his own 

 mind, which his pursuit continually starts into being, and sends 

 crowding upon him ; originate truths, and thus add more and more 

 to the world's stock of knowledge. This is, in part, what the farmer 

 wants an education for — that he may think on other subjects as well 

 as those of farming — to make him an active and accomplished citizen 

 of the world, that he may not feel out of place and out of face when 

 fortune brings him in contact with literary or scientific men. Though 

 in the world, he has heretofore been laid aside from the world; now, a 

 silent, though mighty, revolution is in progress, that will call him into 

 action, and clothe him with responsibilities which must be met 

 and sustained. A thorough education then becomes his special need, 

 a necessity of his important position. 



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In the course of a lecture in New York, on the characteristics of Eu- 

 ropean education, Mr. George Sumner alluded to the influence of educa- 

 tion in diminishing crimes against property, and the security thereby 

 attained, which is worthy of public consideration. Mr. Sumner says : 



*' If there be any moral to the tale I have told, it may be summed 

 up in a few words. Pay your school tax without grumbling ; it is the 

 cheapest premium of insurance on your property. You are educating 

 those who are to make laws for yourselves and your children. In this 

 State you are educating those who are to elect your Judges. Build 

 more school-houses ; they will spare you the building more jails. Re- 

 member that the experiment of other countries shows that the develop- 

 ment of free and extended education has been followed by public and 

 private prosperity; that financial success and political tranquility have 

 blessed the lands which have recognized its importance. Remember 

 that education without freedom, is barren in its results; that freedom 

 without the education of the moral sentiments soon runs into anarchy 

 and despotism ; and that liberty, ever vigilant herself, demanding 

 ceaseless vigilance in her votaries — liberty will not linger long in those 

 lands, where her twin -sister knowledge is neglected." 



