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points of an ordinary collegiate education are so clearly ex 

 posed, and the necessity of workingmen s universities so 

 plainly demonstrated.&quot; This was in July, 1853. Before the 

 article was published this pre-eminent disciple of his art was 

 lost in the ill-fated steamer Henry Clay. 



An editorial in the North American (the oldest paper 

 in Philadelphia) on education and agriculture, said to be 

 written by Judge Conrad, said: &quot;To secure the diffusion 

 and practical application of agricultural science, it seems 

 necessary that it should be interwoven with general educa 

 tion, and its acquisition made an object of early pride and 



animated ambition.&quot; &quot; The triumph of a 



republic can only be successfully achieved and permanently 

 enjoyed by a people the mass of whom are an enlightened 

 yeomanry, the proprietors of the land they till, too inde 

 pendent to be bought, too enlightened to be cheated, and too 

 powerful to be crushed.&quot; 



Said Dr. Lee, the talented editor of the Southern Culti 

 vator, the leading monthly periodical of the southern plant 

 ing interest, published at Augusta, Georgia, in reply to a 

 letter inquiring for some practical agricultural school for the 

 sons of the planters (which letter he published as a &quot; fair 

 sample of scores of similar letters received every month&quot;) : 

 &quot; There is not a good agricultural school in the United States. 

 The truth is, the American people have yet to commence 

 the study of agriculture as the combination of many sciences. 

 Agriculture is the most profound and extensive profession 

 that the progress of society and the accumulation of knowl 

 edge have developed. This is why the popular mind is so 

 long in grasping it. Whether we consider the solid earth 

 under our feet, the invisible atmosphere which we breathe, 

 the wonderful growth and decay of all plants and animals ; 

 or, the light, the heat, the cold, the electricity of heaven, 



