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and the inventive talent to an unlimited extent. Herein 

 lies the manual training argument. 



The time is fast approaching when thousands of dollars 

 raised by taxes shall not be tied up in expensive appa- 

 ratus to be locked up in show cases, shall not be expended 

 in paying the salaries of teachers who rejoice in involving 

 natural science in mystery, but shall be spent in procuring 

 for the citizen that knowledge of Nature which shall guide 

 him to wisdom and happiness. 



