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spirit; and probably our province is lacking a little iu this respect. 

 May, therefore, the indifference which is still too prevalent give place to 

 a burning zeal for the public welfare, and mere egotistical interests bo 

 more and more placed in the background ; and truly oiu* province may 

 boldly meet all the storms of time. 



Our great Bohusliin herring-fisheries, and more particularly the last 

 great fishing-period, give us many a useful hint for the future. They 

 ought to furnish convincing proof that it is hot always a large income, 

 or, as it is erroneously termed, "an excessive share of God's gifts," which 

 contributes most largely to the well-being of individuals or nations- 

 They show that what is easily gained is also easily lost, especially if 

 nothing is done to put the gain to a jiroper use ; they show that iu order 

 to further trade and industry something more is needed than money sub- 

 sidies, and that man, even in his material endeavors, must have some 

 higher object than the mere making of money, and that good order and 

 enliglitenment are essential conditions for attaining to true and perma- 

 nent welfare, and finally that it is a great and grievous mistake to think 

 that such welfiire can ever be reached by nothing but money. 



