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to command? There are but few, and even those who are 

 born to command require considerable experience before 

 they are fit to command. These facts should be remembered 

 before forming conclusions as to the results of the work of 

 the college. There are some men who are willing to pay 

 what a man who is born to command is worth. Most men, 

 in making a contract with such a man, are not too liberal. 

 Then, further: these men who, like Mr. Hale, are born to 

 command, cannot afford to go into the employ of others. 

 They can do infinitely better for themselves. A young man 

 who graduated a few years ago (it was my privilege to help 

 him a little when he left) came to me a short time before he 

 graduated, and said that he wanted to become a market 

 gardener. He said: "I have decided that that is the best 

 thing for me to do. I want a little experience in actual 

 market gardening, and to get hold of the business side of it a 

 little more fully than it is possible to do in a place like this." 

 (You cannot expect us to teach the business side of it. ) 

 "Do you know of any such place? I want to work hard.*' 

 Fortunately, I did know. I got him the place, and he went 

 to work. The owner is a farmer seventy-five years old, and 

 his three sons are the most successful market gardeners any- 

 where near Boston. I have this information directly from 

 them. The first morning, when he went to work, there was 

 a slight joke among the men, "He will be pretty tired about 

 night." He was strong, and worked all through college, 

 and it did not cost him anywhere near a thousand dollars ; 

 he came pretty near paying his own way. You may be sure 

 he was tired when night came, but the other men were tired 

 trying to keep up with him. So he went right along in that 

 way, and the next spring he felt that he was ready to go to 

 work for himself. He went to the old gentleman and told 

 him that he had decided to go to work for himself. The old 

 man told him, "I do not want to discourage you in that, but 

 we shall be very glad to keep you, and can afford to pay you 

 well, but I think it will be better for you to go to work 

 for yourself. If you need any capital to help you get a 

 start, we will let you have any amount you need." I do not 

 know to what extent he availed himself of that oiler, but he 



