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classes that will be demanded sooner or later by our people ; 

 in short, we should be so thoroughly alive to the needs of 

 our rural people that we can offer from this office the 

 changes required before they have felt obliged to ask for 

 them themselves. I believe by so doing this Board will 

 continue to exist and exert an influence for good in years to 

 come, the value of which cannot be estimated. 



