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ment of the strong native traits that were so 

 pronounced in the old days. I would not have 

 less schooling ; but I would advise that the 

 school supply what the home and the business 

 can no longer give. No boy or girl should leave 

 school without the power to attack a question 

 in actual affairs or to do a piece of work with 

 the hands. I do not consider a person lacking 

 these powers to be well educated, even though 

 he knows all the books. 



The minister came to see me, and I showed 

 him the garden and the barn. His eye caught 

 the tool-bench. "What a fortunate man you 

 are ! " he said. " You can use tools ; I can- 

 not do a thing with my hands, except to play 

 golf." 



The school of farm affairs. 



I shall now speak of some of the ways in 

 which the school of affairs trains men, develop- 

 ing qualities and powers that are indispensable 

 to a right life. I shall choose the case of the 

 farm boy because I am most familiar with him 

 and because his relationships are directly with 



