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plicable reason, to the other. One 

 hoes true to the line, never makes a 

 miscue, every stroke counts. He knows 

 the soil, and how to handle it. He 

 knows weeds from the plants he is 

 cultivating. He works with his head 

 as well as with his hands. And of 

 course he reaps a bigger crop than the 

 fellow who has not been given equal 

 mentality. 



Some may say that is a hard pro- 

 nouncement; that it is condemning off- 

 hand and in advance a majority per- 

 haps of the human race to be in a way 

 mere "hewers of wood and drawers of 

 water"; that we are born into a servi- 

 tude from which there is no rising; 

 that such a doctrine is fatal to effort, 

 and dispels ambition. If by that you 

 interpret this as holding that we are 

 all substantially what we are born to 

 be, and that we can only make minor 

 changes in our destinies, I stand by the 

 record. But don't forget that the 

 "hewer of wood" you talk about 

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