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are receiving a practical and, in some cases, 

 a liberal education. All this has been accom- 

 plished because the man quickly learned the 

 value of scientific agriculture and was wise 

 enough to follow up his successes. 



Not only follow up success, but learn to do 

 the difficult things ; there will always be a 

 throng seeking to do the easy things,— things 

 which require the maximum of muscle and the 

 minimum of brains. Why do such multitudes 

 seek this hard, easy work ? Because they will 

 not consent to endure the toil, shall I say, of 

 acquiring the power to think deeply, accurately 

 and effectively. Some of our sympathy is 

 thrown away upon these muscular workers. 

 Their desires are few, their wants simple, their 

 appetites good, and their sleep peaceful. Let us 

 show them the way to a higher life, open the 

 doors to those who choose to enter, and fret not 

 because all will not enter in. 



" Some are and must be greater than the rest, 

 More rich, more wise ; but who infers from hence 

 That such are happier, shocks all common sense." 



The man who fells the trees in the woods 

 may receive 15 cents per hour ; the man who 

 controls the carriage of the great sawmill and 

 decides on the instant what shape and dimen- 

 sions the lumber shall take may receive 25 cents 



