60 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
try, peace, and the observance of all nature’s laws, add beauty 
and health to the body, and serenity to the soul. Let us thank 
Providence that our institutions are based upon the true laws 
of nature. May they endure forever, for the happiness of 
Humanity, and the glory of God ! 
But I have already detained you too long. I thank you for 
your patience in listening to these scattered hints. May they 
lead you to reflection and action, that not in vain I shall have 
been honored by you. Y T our citizens ask of your Legislature, 
an Agricultural College ; may I flatter myself that I have pro¬ 
ven that science and practical agricultural life go hand in hand ? 
I now take leave of you, with the aspiration that in connection 
with the University, which now adorns this Capital City—the 
most beautiful, in this most beautiful State—that other colleges 
for the million will yet be built; and that my name will not be 
forgotten by the far-off generations who shall enjoy its great 
and unmixed blessings ! 
