BEADING HABIT 



means of distributing books, all that needs 

 to be done is to perfect the machinery or 

 the mechanics of the work. If they are to 

 energize the people and to redirect the cur- 

 rents of local civilization, they must do 

 very much more than this. They must in- 

 spire the reading habit, direct it, and then 

 satisfy it. We need not so much to know 

 just what kind of books to put in the hands 

 of readers as to establish a new purpose 

 in library effort. It is not enough to sat- 

 isfy the demands of readers: we must do 

 constructive work by creating new de- 

 mands. 



The world outlook 



Of course, I would not limit the country- 

 man's view to his own environment. I 

 would begin with the things at home, as I 

 would begin to teach the child by means of 

 what is within its range ; and then I would 

 lead out to the world activities. There is 

 every reason why a farmer should have as 

 broad a view of life and of the things that 

 lie beyond as any other man has, but this 

 comes as a natural extension of his proper 

 education. 



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