Fishing and Fishermen 



guments and eloquent orations that 

 have been composed or constructed 

 between the bites, strikes or rises of 

 fish; but there can be no doubt that 

 of the many intellectual triumphs won 

 in every walk of life a larger propor- 

 tion has been actually hooked and 

 landed with a rod and reel by those 

 of the fishing fraternity than have 

 been secured in any one given condi- 

 tion of the non-fishing world. 



This may appear to be a bold state- 

 ment. It is intended as an assertion 

 that fishing and fishermen have had 

 much to do with the enlightenment 

 and elevation of humanity. In sup- 

 port of this proposition volumes might 

 be written; but only a brief array of 

 near-at-hand evidence will be here 

 presented. 



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