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ment, and endeavor to incite others to go and do like- 

 wise. 



There are many now before me, who, by a little self- 

 exertion, may raise themselves to a proud eminence, and 

 from which they will often have occasion to look down 

 with the same feelings of deep and respectful gratitude, 

 for the respect and honor of their fellow-men, that I now 

 do upon those before me. 



And finally, my young friends, while you go on in im- 

 provement in agricultural pursuits, be careful also to 

 improve your own minds. Provide yourselves with means 

 of study. Make it a matter of pride, to subscribe to 

 some agricultural or scientific journal. Club together in 

 every village or settlement, and procure a small library. 

 You will soon acquire an appetite for reading that can- 

 not be cloyed. 



There are many more things that I would gladly say, 

 but I am fearful that I have already become tedious to 

 my hearers. 



I will close with the expression of a fond hope that I 

 may be able to enjoy the privilege and pleasure of many 

 more pleasant meetings with this Society : though rather 

 as a hearer than a speaker. 



And if you, my friends, have but a tithe of the same 

 feelings that I now have, you will be well assured from 

 this day's scene of the good effects to be derived from 

 such social and pleasant intercourse together. 



I assure you, that I shall leave you with the most 

 lively and pleasant recollections of this day, and I humbly 

 trust the remembrance of it, and of the new ac- 

 quaintances and friendships here found, will ever remain 

 as a pleasant memento in my mind, of one of the good 

 things derived from "The Union Agricultural Society of 

 Illinois." 



