A LETTER TO THE STUDENT 



perhaps none of us, will become great ixiventors like 

 ~S[i. Edisou ; vet we can open a storehouse, tilled with 



Boy tvith a rock and a bit of soil. 



wonderful treasures of knowledge about the plants, the 

 animals, and the soil that we see every day. 



Great liuildings are constructed by laying stone upon 

 stone. Eeal knowledge is gained by proving one truth after 

 another. 



The first question to ask is, " What is my object, or what 

 do I wish to find out '.' " 



