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Creator, in Ilis providence, lias not provided enough for all r 
if they would only study and obey His laws. 
The wants of an increasing population, the call for emigra¬ 
tion where it is over abundant, the intensity of pressure on 
the nervous system of anxious multitudes, to say nothing of 
fatigue and labor, all point out a great necessity. 
If the invention of the printing press, of gunpowder, of the 
steam engine, the steamboat, the locomotive, the photograph, 
the electric telegraph, and, in short, the general development 
of power over matter, has arisen principally from the thought 
and consideration of a few men, and the accumulated experi¬ 
ence of ages, what may not be anticipated when nations shall 
have taught the elements of science to hundreds of thousands 
and millions of the rising generation ? What has the last 
hundred years alone effected in this respect? 
A deep and settled conviction is universally manifest in all 
civilized communities, imbued with the spirit of investigation, 
that the system of education of former days is not sufficient 
for the wants of the present times. 
There are men who can appreciate no humanity, no pro¬ 
gress, no science. Nothing that does not reach them through 
the soothing influence of the golden dollar, or the impetuous 
arguments of a cannon ball. But a constant progression from 
day to day, and from generation to generation, is the order of 
creation, the stamp of Omnipotence impressed on all his works. 
In every city, in every village, there should be a society, 
an institution, and a building, however humble, wholly devoted 
to Science, and in it such provision should be made, as will 
give the adult population the best illustrative experimental 
information available, on all matters connected with the pro¬ 
gress of Science, invention and discovery, that may be most 
interesting to them. An experimental association, with a 
library and museum, in connection with the State Agricultural 
Society, would be a great acquisition to the adult. A select 
series of elementary models, and experiments in schools, such 
as would introduce all pupils to the elements of the Arts and 
Science, and admit of more extended instruction, to those who 
