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appeal to the two benches, whether col- legiate education is, or is not, beneficial to these professions.

A fisherman, or coaster, can grope along the shore he was bred upon; but blown out to sea, he is left to the mercy of the elements: while the scientific na- vigator can cross the widest ocean, or sail round the world, with confidence and moral certainty; though he has no other pilot than science to direct him. The coaster can hand the sails and guide the helm: but the educated sailor can do more; for he has studied the principles of his art, and the assistant sciences on which they rest—astronomy, geography, and the theory of navigation; and has moreover studied the courses, bearings, soundings, and professional remarks, of those who have gone before him.

4. AS A PLACE OF EXPERIMENT AND GE- NERAL IMPROVEMENT.—In this character

~ a Rural Institute would excel other esta-

blishments of a similar nature. Practice