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the farmer and artisan of New England can command to-day tlie 

 comforts of civilized life and all that is desirable for a man as a 

 physical and intellectual being as fnlly as the farmer and artisan in 

 any portion of the world. New England has but just begun to 

 understand her own capabilities, but the brain and hand are both 

 at work Her streams must not hurry on to the ocean without sav- 

 ing human labor every foot that the water falls ; her soil must yield 

 its riches to the intelligent, scientific husbandman ; virtue, and in- 

 telligence, and love of freedom must be the legacy which we all 

 bequeath to our children. We shall then become a blessing to the 

 world, lightening the toil, and cheering the hearts of honest labor- 

 .ers in every part of the globe. 



