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nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that 
there should be. However, I should never have broken 
a horse or bull and taken him to board for any work he 
might do for me, for fear I should become a horse-man 
or a herds-man merely; and if society seems to be the 
gainer by so doing, are we certain that what is one 
man’s gain is not another’s loss, and that the stable-boy 
has equal cause with his master to be satisfied? Granted 
that some public works would not have been constructed 
without this aid, and let man share the glory of such 
with the ox and horse; does it follow that he could 
not have accomplished works yet more worthy of him¬ 
self in that case ? When men begin to do, not merely 
unnecessary or artistic, but luxurious and idle work, with 
their assistance, it is inevitable that a few do all the ex¬ 
change work with the oxen, or, in other words, become 
the slaves of the strongest. Man thus not only works for 
the animal within him, but, for a symbol of this, he works 
for the animal without him. Though we have many 
substantial houses of brick or stone, the prosperity of 
the farmer is still measured by the degree to which the 
barn overshadows the house. This town is said to have 
the largest houses for oxen, cows, and horses hereabouts, 
and it is not behindhand in its public buildings; but 
there are very few halls for free worship or free speech 
in this county. It should not be by their architecture, 
but why not even by their power of abstract thought, that 
nations should seek to commemorate themselves ? How 
much more admirable the Bhagvat-Geeta than all the 
ruins of the East! Towers and temples are the luxury 
of princes. A simple and independent mind does not 
toil at the bidding of any prince. Genius is not a re¬ 
tainer to any emperor, nor is its material silver, or gold, 
