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PREREQUISITES TO SUCCESS. 
In her little hand were clasped the flowers she had culled; and 
on her cheek, though chilled in death, still lingered her wonted 
smile of innocent beauty and hope. So did she die, and so 
with those same flowers on her bosom, was she placed in her 
little grave. She died a martyr to the Beautiful, and I have 
thought that her devoted aims and spirit were worthy of imita¬ 
tion, and should form a pathetic model. Yes, let that devotion 
to a pursuit, which distinguished this little child, be a lesson 
to men in every profession in life, and to you, honest farmers. 
Stand by your calling ! Honor it, love it! Give it not up 
only with life itself! So, shall you, like her, as sweetly rest. 
So, shall death come as placidly ; tears as holy water your 
tombs; the laurels of a life-long Art bless your sleep, and your 
children’s children point with pride to the graves of their Fa¬ 
thers, where hallowed marbles shall bear on each the beautiful 
sentiment of Tully: 
ic Semper mea consilia pacis et togae socia, non belli atque armorum fuerunt. ,J 
If, therefore, the Farmer is first a Diligent Man; if second¬ 
ly, he is an Educated Man; if lastly, he Honors his Profession, 
and ready to stand up for its dignity and general success, he 
continues a life-long worker in his pursuit; there is nothing to 
bar him from becoming both respected and happy, both rich and 
influential—in a word, an Enlightened and Prosperous Wiscon¬ 
sin Farmer. 
