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service to him in his trade or business ; his mind 

 is a storehouse, wherein may be found the food 

 best adapted to support and prolong life. The 

 Native Son's mind, on the other hand, is a show- 

 room full of " notions," a heterogeneous collection, 

 containing much that is quaint and ingenious and 

 amusing, but little that is useful and enduring. 



If the Native Son has any respect for himself 

 and his race, he must learn to husband his resources, 

 instead of dissipating them. Systematic reading 

 of what is best and most inspiring in our literature, 

 careful attention to exercise and diet, rest and re- 

 freshment alternating with work and fatigue, would 

 regenerate the toilers of the West. 



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