THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
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THE 
Young Scientist. 
A Practical Journal for Amateurs. 
'^Witli •which are incorporated "The Technolo- 
gist," "The Industrial Monthly," 
and " Home Arts.") 
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It seems to be natural for every boy to 
possess a strong desire to stray from home 
and search in the outer world, as it were, 
for something different, and as they 
fancy better, than the surroundings they 
enjoy at home. This longing for change 
seems inherent in every boy of spirit, and 
is planted in him for a useful purpose, 
and is the A^ery element that did the most 
towards peopling this continent. Boys, 
however, must submit to be guided by 
circumstances, and the wisdom of their 
friends, and under no consideration what- 
ever, should a boy leave his home, for 
any length of time, without the con- 
sent of his parents or guardians. Indeed, 
boys should be well up in their teens be- 
fore launching out on the wide world. 
There is no place like a peaceful home 
for opportunities of study and thought, 
and the bright and intelligent boy who 
spends his young days on the farm, or in 
the country village, stands a much better 
chance of success in after life, than the 
boy who is brought up under the shadow 
of a great city. The following fragjnent, 
taken from a recent address made in 
Middletown by General Ben. Butler, is 
opportune at this moment, and should be 
read carefully by every boy who is look- 
ing forward to the time when he will 
have chances to make his own opportuni- 
ties in the great world outside the narrow 
limits of his old home : 
" I have made my own way in the world. 
Why ? Because as a boy I had time to re- 
flect and think, and when I came to a 
city at the age of ten years, I have a right 
to say that I was as far advanced in my 
studies and in the knowledge of what I 
had studied as though I had been kept at 
work all the time at school. Who is the 
Speaker of your House of Kepresenta- 
tives ? Another man born, as I was, on a 
farm in New Hampshire. Who is the 
Mayor of Boston? He was born within 
six miles on a rockier farm than mine, if 
possible. I give you this advice of an old 
man who is passing away, and whatever 
may be its mistakes, it has no mistake in 
sincerity and earnestness. And, again, I 
say now as I began, that the wealth, the 
prosperity, the steadfastness, the hope of 
religion, of liberty and of freedom to the 
world, rests on the producing and on the 
country iwpulation of this Commonwealth 
and on that of the United States." 
