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It is well to consider what the effect of this 

 system of isolation will be on educational 

 policy. The people will patronize these agri- 

 cultural schools because they will be useful and 

 significant schools. More than most other 

 schools, they will teach the essentials, that is, 

 they will teach persons how to live. More of 

 these schools will be demanded. A duplicate 

 system of public education will arise. It is easy 

 to see the ultimate result: if the common 

 schools do not redirect themselves, they are 

 lost. 



I mean to say that the common schools need 

 agriculture in order to save themselves. Of 

 course, I mean agricultural education in its 

 broadest and rightful sense, the training of a 

 man by means of country life or rural subjects, 

 not merely the making of farmers. My old- 

 time school friend will laugh at me when I tell 

 him that his school is in danger, but I cannot 

 be mistaken, and for the very good reason 

 that his school is inadequate. 



Gradually, however, we shall find the public 

 schools readjusting themselves. They will 



