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well as others in the collisions and discord that would follow. 

 Of all the lawful pursuits of society, we may use the language 

 of Paul respecting the members of the human body ; "the eye 

 cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee, nor again 

 the head to the feet, I have no need of you. God hath tempered 

 the body together ; having given more abundant honor to that 

 part which lacked, that there should be no schism in the body ; 

 but that the members should have the same care one for an- 

 other ; and whether one member suffer, all the members suffer 

 with it, or one member be honored, all the members rejoice 

 with it." One individual or pursuit cannot be unduly depress- 

 ed, without injuring all others; and the prosperity of one is the 

 prosperity of all. Men of different occupations, therefore, should 

 help one another, if for no other reason, because it will help 

 themselves; and they should sympathize in the calamity, when 

 other pursuits do not prosper, because they will be sure to feel 

 the reaction themselves. 



Again, the subject teaches us that all other professions in so- 

 ciety should lend their efforts to give increased prosperity to 

 agriculture. The principle of mutual dependence, which I 

 have illustrated at this time, will not indeed allow that agricul- 

 ture should be exclusively fostered. But there is less danger 

 of aiding this branch of human industry too much than any 

 other ; first, because this is confessedly the most important of 

 all, and secondly, because improvement in husbandry will in- 

 crease our population by increasing their means of support, and 

 thus open new fields for the expansion of other arts and profes- 

 sions. It is certain, therefore, that he who contributes even a 

 mite to improve the cultivation of the soil, is aiding to swell the 

 tide of human happiness ; for we have seen that these pursuits 

 are decidedly favorable to personal and domestic happiness, as 

 well as to morality and religion. Why then should not men of 

 every trade and profession, both on the score of personal inter- 

 est and duty, give encouragement and aid to every effort to 

 advance this noble art? In my view, all classes of society, and 

 of both sexes, should honor these gala days of the farmer by 

 their presence. Here we ought to meet the lawyer, the physi- 

 cian, and the clergyman, the literary and the scientific man, 



