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Bui is there not a more satisfying measure to ailopt tlian tliis? 

 It seems so. The easier and more lucrative way of proving the 

 system — the original system, be it said^is by steady and regular 

 practice, and the suicr method of preserving our stock of knowledge 

 is by setting our shoulder to the wheel and constantly adding to it. 



This being the case, it is not |)resuniptuous, but reasonable and 

 becoming, to declare that, while the passage of the Old to the New 

 Century finds the fisherman better equipped and better pre|iarcd to 

 carr)- him toward tiie actual attainment of visionary ideals, there are 

 many able men who might work out some of the remaining 

 propositions for which no great originative power is required. 



To men of this stamp nothing could be more acceptable than to 

 be posted up in current events. It is, therefore, and always will be 

 extremely agreeable to me to offer them the benefit of my own 

 experience. That the record of contemporary facts is of much value 

 to them, 1 iiave had ample opportunity of learning. I have also 

 observed that even tiie recruit in their ranks given to enquiry at the 

 riverside, is often a good learner, and that a good learner very soon 

 becomes a good workman, investigator, and theorist. 



Should he look for a specific explanation of the reason of our 

 rajiid advancement, and ask what special observation has engaged 

 our attention, the answer naturally is: Tiiat he must proceed jiatiently 

 and persistently on lines that have been carefulK- laid down for 

 practical purposes, and by which alone the end can be obtained. lie 

 will find nothing recondite or obscure in the system of procedure ; it 

 is perfectly simple and comprehensive; it is elastic, and rer.dijy 

 adaptable to circumstances, and, ]iro\ide(l no condition is left unful- 

 filled, is proved to be sound be\-ond the pnssibilil\- of doubt. b_\- the 



