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express my meaning and at the same time please the 

 taste of an audience in this City of Schools and Colleges; 

 especially is this so, when the technical names of Science 

 are required. In pleading the baby act, there is no 

 desire to prevent criticism or discussion, as that is the 

 very thing to be desired in a society of this kind, and on 

 occasions like this. 



Truth is what we are seeking for, and it is your right 

 and duty to examine every phase of the subjects pre- 

 sented before you with impartial and unbiased minds, 

 keeping the truth always in view as the objective point 

 of all endeavor. 



Such a state of mind must exist in the management of 

 all operations of life in order to win success ; bias per- 

 sonal feelings, and pet theories must be controlled and 

 only actual facts govern us. The inability to act upon 

 this vital principle has been the ruin of countless pro- 

 jects in every department of life, and calls for especial 

 care in the* management of all mining operations. 



The main object of mining is the pursuit of wealth — 

 money making. 



All kinds of occupations have some end in view and to 

 insure success the objective point must never be lost 

 sight of, and everything must be used and subordinated 

 for that one object. This principle object must never be 

 lost sight of in the mining business. 



In the practical operations necessary for locating, 

 opening and managing mines, more general knowledge 

 of the various trades and professions is required than for 

 any other business, and those who undertake the manage- 

 ment ought to be well informed, theoretically and practic- 

 ally, in everything relating to or affecting the business in 

 any way, in order to be able promptly to use every possi- 

 ble means in nature, mechanics, science or government, 

 necessary to meet and overcome emergencies and difficul- 

 ties of all kinds to which this business is always liable. 



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