CULTURE FROM THE CORN LOT 69 



Here he is at home. Here he may revel if he 

 will. Here he may find the sources of mind- 

 liberation and of soul-emancipation. He may 

 be the envy of everyone who dwells in the city 

 because he lives so near to nature's heart. Bird 

 and flower, sky and tree, rock and running brook 

 speak to him a various language. He may read 

 God's classics, listen to the music of divine har 

 monies, and roam the picture galleries of the 

 Eternal. So too in his dealings with his kind, he 

 lives close to men and women who are frank, 

 virile, direct, clean, independent. The culture 

 coming from such associations is above price. 

 One learns to pierce all shams, to honor essen 

 tial manhood, to keep pure the fountains of 

 sympathy, ambition, and love. Thus on the 

 farm one may find full opportunity for that second 

 means of culture, leisure. 



Another powerful agency for cultivating the 

 human soul is service. Indeed, service is the 

 dynamic of life. To be of use is the ambition 

 that best stimulates real growth. Culture is 

 the end of life, the spirit of service the motive 

 power. So it is of this I would speak perhaps 

 most fully, not only because it is a vital means of 

 culture, but because it is also peculiarly the privi 

 lege and duty of the college man and the college 



