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and intellectual training which his organization 

 can give. But if there is danger that the preacher 

 in the pursuit of this ideal, shall ignore the social 

 function of the school and of the farmers' organi- 

 zation, or that the teacher, or the farmer, or 

 anybody else who is interested, shall fail to see 

 that there is a logical division of labor among 

 rural social forces, and that it is only the intelli- 

 gent and efficient and harmonious co-operation 

 of all these forces that will insure the best prog- 

 ress, then to such I appeal with all the power at 

 my command to recognize not only the breadth 

 of the whole movement, but to appreciate the 

 limitations of their own special interests. There 

 are things that the church cannot do and should 

 not attempt to do. There are things the school 

 cannot do and should not attempt to do. Ac- 

 cepting our conventional division of social 

 agencies, we may say that efficient rural progress 

 stands upon a tripod of forces, and that balance 

 can be maintained only when each is used in its 

 proper measure. 



We reach now the heart of the topic, which is 

 how these various social forces may be brought 

 into co-operation — a co-operation that is intel- 

 ligent and real. I would suggest, first of all, the 

 encouragement of all efforts along this line that 



