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reciprocal actions among bodies ; it is in fine related to all that ad- 

 ministers to the physical well-being of creatures in life. 



The fourth relates to matter and bodies at a distance, but still 

 which has its practical application in navigation and geography, and 

 ill fixing the position of places, through which intercourse between 

 states and nations is safely conducted. 



Tiie fifth, that which explains the relations of men in their civil and 

 municipal capacity, the foundations of law and justice, and of go- 

 vernment. 



I'he sixth, is of mind and the spiritual part of man, that which is 

 emphatically the me, the subject ; that ivhich knoivs, is cause itself, 

 the last and highest source and power ; it is life in its essence and 

 spirit; it is that wiiich is to live when matter has mouldered and 

 lied to its primary elements. 



What nobler objects can be proposed by an Agricultural College? 

 lUit do they meet the wants of the farmer ? And here we are again 

 driven to the inquiry. What are the objects of the farmer ? Are they 

 comprehended in all that relates to the tillage of land ? That the 

 tillage of land is one object, need not be told ; but, are there not 

 other objects which have an equal claim upon him ? Yes, and they 

 are objects which stand connected with that wide range of knowledge 

 detailed above. He has to do with them more or less all his days, 

 and in every relation in life. 



But we propose to particularize farther, that we may press home 

 the force and power of our argument. Is he the head of a family ? 

 he is expected to be a model upon which all eyes of the family may 

 be profitably turned : he buys and sells ; he directs and controls ; he 

 exercises rights where others have rights which must be respected ; 

 he is to conduct schemes and plans for the common good, to a suc- 

 cessful issue. For these and many more functions, he wants lan- 

 guage to communicate ; numbers, to compute and reckon ; know- 

 ledge of kind, character, value, place, relation, trade and commerce, 

 and of the principles of right and wrong which must guide every 

 adventure. Is he a neighbor ? he is still to be the same model of 

 excellence, though in a larger and more extended sense, only he 

 advises, but does not command or direct : mutual rights are to be 

 DQaintained and respected ; obligations are to be punctually satisfied. 

 [b he a citizen ? he has many of the same functions to fulfil, but in 

 a still wider field. He has rights in common with others : on what 



