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his school years, it were the height of folly not to keep him so 

 accustomed/ Give him the chance never to leave his education 

 behind, and how much of influence for good may the libraries of 

 this country be? 



I have dwelt but little on the practical side of the question — 

 of how money is to be found for the extension of library privileges 

 and facilities to the scanty populations — but your educational 

 authorities have shewn how elementary educational facilities are to 

 be extended — and I doubt not that once the library is recognised 

 as one of the true educational factors of a community, that the 

 state will see its way clear to do its duty. 



