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he stands by the plow and works out his own 

 salvation. I hope that new schools and better 

 social forces will touch him into quickened 

 life ; but I hope also that he will always be 

 conservative, for an enlightened conservatism 

 is the safeguard of society. 



The country school and college. 



Moreover, the countryman will not always 

 go to the city to be taught. It is only recently 

 that he has gone to the city. Once the coun- 

 try school and the country church were as good 

 as any. Cities have grown, and the country 

 has stood still. It is now time for the tide to 

 turn. We shall consolidate and centralize our 

 schools, or otherwise intensify them, and have 

 as good schools in the country as in the city. 

 Perhaps they will be better by being smaller 

 and simpler. 



I look for the time when city children will 

 be sent to the country to school. The farm 

 boy and the farm girl are not going to the city 

 to college unless they expect to leave the 

 farm ; they may not go there even then. The 



