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The more I ant acquainted iiith agricultural affairs, 

 the better I am pleased with them; insomuch, that 

 I can no ubere find so great satisfaction as in those 

 innocent and useful pursuits. In indulging these 

 feelings. I am led to reflect how much more de- 

 lightful to an undehauched mind is the task of mak- 

 ing improvements on the earth, than all the vain 

 glory which can be acquired from ravaging it, by 



the most uninterrupted career of conquests. The 

 design of this observation, is only to show how 

 much, as a member of human society. I feel myself 

 obliged, by your labours to render respectable and 

 advantageous, an employment which is more con- 

 genial to the natural dispositions of mankind than 

 any other. — Excerpt from Letters on Agricul- 

 ture from His Excellency George Washington. 



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