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i _ beginning of law; with law came order; with order cameficivilization.
i Manylearned to respect the rights of fellowmen, and to so use his own as
T ‘ to interfere as little as possible with that of his neighbor; and man ,
; - learned that without law there could be no order; and without order
i ' there could be no civilization.
  C ' No wonder that the Egyptian worshipped his Isis, and the Hindoo . -
E his Brahma.
, _ So then Agriculture, I believe, was the father of civilization, and it `  
  I is the function of the Agricultural Experiment Stations to advance that ‘
l , civilization. I
; T One of the Stations aims so ’tis said, is to make two blades of grass
  grow where one only grows, and to increase many-fold the yield of wheat
  to the acre, to teach us the most economical way to fatten our hogs and
  cattle and to teach us to rid our land of insects which threaten our crops ~
  with destruction. ` , , ,
{ This is a great aim,_and may God grant that in all these things your
i future success may far surpass that of the past. _
Q _ But the greatest thing that can be done by our Stations and Agri-
§ cultural Colleges is, I believe, to educate our citizens. Some one has
Y " well said that Education is a greater protection to our republic than a
i standing army. There are those today in our Nation who are seeking to
i- overthrow our form of Government, and already there are those who
i are predicting a revolution. There are those who go about the country »
  appealing to men’s passions and prejudices, and with fiery rhetoric and
Q high sounding phrases——agitators—seek to make us dissatisfied with the
Q ` government of our fathers for their own selfish ends.
`   ` It is to the educated men that this Nation must look for the
{ preservation of the republic. It is to men who will analyze such state-
j ments, and will subject them to the searching test of reason and logic .
{ that we must look. It is men who will think that will save our Nation,
$_ and keep for our children and our children’s children the liberties that
—’ we now enjoy. -
iv. It was my good fortune, Dr. Kastle, to have been associated with
  your predecessor. To Dr. Scovell, Kentucky owes a debt of gratitude,
if and the result of his labors will be felt by this Commonwealth so long as
time runs, and this building, Scovell Hall, will be his material monument,
ii for it is to him and to his big brain that we owe it, but his real monument
{ will be the work that he has done for his adopted State.
Q You take up where he laid down, and I have no fear but that the _
{Q work begun by him will be continued by you, and that under your admin-
ii istration the Station will go on doing good, and that, when your active V
i life is over, you and and all of us can look back upon the Station under `
if your charge, and say, "Well done. Kentucky did well when she chose
é Dr. Kastle to succeed Dr. Scovell."  ·
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