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co-ordinate with his success as a christian citizen of this great 

 republic; that success in life was not synonymous with the mak- 

 ing of a large amount of money by hook or by crook, so long as 

 he did not bring himself under the law. I would have him im- 

 bued with a love of nature, and a respect for manual labor, and 

 acquire the habit of depending on his own judgment, and of ask- 

 ing questions and keeping his eyes open. I would have him be- 

 lieve it were better to be thought a fool than to be one. 



Wherever our future horticulturist may be, he should have a 

 small garden, hot-beds and hens of his own. He should have a 

 fair stock of garden and bench tools and be allowed to use them, 

 even if he did leave the chisels and saw very dull. He should 

 have all the produce he raised, should be encouraged to experi- 

 ment with various kinds of seeds and fruits and to note how, and 

 when they grew. He should only cultivate so much land as he 

 can cultivate easily and well. Try to furnish him interesting 

 reading on such subjects as fruits, flowers, vegetables and poultry. 

 Give him a chance, and encourage him to play and take some 

 recreation, and in a general way supply him with so much of 

 interest to think about that he can not find time to let his mind 

 run on foolish thoughts. Teach him "of a little to save a little," 

 and that "a penny saved is a penny gained." He should respect 

 the calling of a minister, but should know how grand a thing it 

 is to be a noble layman. Take him to the city, perhaps send 

 him to market with his own produce to teach him to trade and 

 let him see how the produce of the laud reaches the consumer. 

 Let him understand that the middle man has a good and legiti- 

 mate work to do. Have him see the great factories and let him 

 understand that they are producers of wealth and necessary for 

 the well being of society. At the same time I would tell him for 

 how small a salary many clerks worked and that in the slow-go- 

 ing city of Boston ninety-three per cent, and in New York ninety- 

 seven per cent of the men who go into business fail. He should un- 

 derstand how much power for good was in the hands of a strong, 

 determined, clear-headed lawyer, and how much there was for 

 wrong. At the same time show him that young lawyers have a 

 pretty hard time, generally, and that it requires years of hard 

 application to become an expert in law, and that many good 

 lawyers after leading a worried and fretted life are left in needy 

 circumstances in their old age. He should understand the bles- 

 sings which a physician may be able to bestow, and the power 

 he may be in helping nature make our bodies do better service. 



