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dering no profit to the people. We
should learn wisdom from the expert
ments of others, and avoid their err
rors.
We should 60 TO work upon a dit.
~ferent plan. We should count the
cost Of our Improvement, and It's val
ue to the country when completed,
and compare these with the means
ut our command to make it. If II
will not pay. then we should not IN
dertake it; but if we find that 1t viii
be profitable when completed. and
we have the means to complete L.,
then we should go to work. In Sc
lIecting the object 10 tie improved. II a
water course for example, We should
have regard to the extent OF country
through which it runs, the amount ot
population interested. and the value
of the commerce which 1t affords.
compared with the expense OF tie
| improvement. If we have means nj
command to complete but one in
pr1vement. we should comnencc out
one; but il we have meas 10 com
plete two or more, I..,cn the proprle-
ty of commencigs more at the same
time could oe considered; but too
MANY Improvements should not be
Undertaken at any one time.
The State, and the people IN every
section of the country will be bene-
fitted BY useful improvements. The
State will be benefited by an IN
crease in the population and taAeS,
and in the wealth Of the people; the
people near the improvements will
be benefited by cheaper transPorta-
ton, cheaper merchandise and high
er prices for produce. The people
remote from the improvements, will
be benefited by lighter taxes. As
the improvements increase the wealth,
the population and The value Of prop
erty, so in the same proportion, they
increase the taxes within the range of
their influence. Out of that range
the taxes are in the same proportion.
| diminished. Thus all are benefited.
But ofaIl the subjects. that OF edu-
cation is the most important. Thai
nature makes a difference in mea.
mentally as well as physically, there
can be no rational doubt; but that the
chief difference between the Maori
~ of men. is the effect ur education
in the one, and OF the wan, of it in
the otherr, can admit of just as Illtie
RATIONAL doubt. And between the
educated man and the uneducated,
there is as much difference generally.
rs between the cultivated field and
the un~cuitivated. The poorer field,
when well cultivated. yields the best
of fruits in great abundance, but the
richest soil that nature ever formed,
yields but sorry fruit. and TINT but
scantily, when left unculuvated. |;
o~ftener happens in the richest II.
when left unculuvated, that tire Jank-
est weeds usurp the piaca O. ANY
fruit.
IN our State. the Importance Of tins
subject has been overlooked. 1t
should be in advance Of all other sub
iects OF legislation, and entitled to
F first notice from every legislative
body. An increased diffusion Of
knowledge is felt in every ramifca-
ton Of society. 1t is felt in the work
shop, in the corn-field. on our rods.
.Icaaals and navigabIr river, II 'u
social intercourse. in Legislation, II
morals, politics and religion. It, H..
huence in facilitating labor. III aiievla,
ting the distresSes Of mankInd, IN pro-
noting civilization, in improving the
condition of the world, is lncalcula-
bic.
One reason why the importance OF
this subject mas been so much over,
looked may be this. The educated
have never sutieI,d " the want 81
cultivation, and, therefore, 40 40; pro
perry appreciate the disadvantage.
resulting from it. The unednca'ed
have never felt the benefits resulting
from cultivation, and, therefore, DE-
not properly appreciate the advan'
tages OF it. The educated man be
f I~lieves in the Disadvantages 10 Il Ger
tain extent, and the uneducated mar
believes in the advantages TO a Ger
tain extent, but each falls unmeasuf
ably short in his appreciation OF the
advantages and disadvantages. Ii
: proofof this, we have only to took a
what has been done, 10 visit the dit
!, ierent portions Of the State, and &c
I examine the condition of the rISin!
generation.
. Another reason for not acting more
a speedily and more efficiently on 81
n important a subject, is perhaps to b'