Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . Typical one-tejic-her Typical one-teaclier scliool. Such schools suffer fromIsolation, lack of numbers, lack of enthusiasm, and lackof impulses to action. It will probably always be true that the city will attract the ablestmen which a community produces. The prizes worth working for arelarger there,—are much more worthy of the energy of a man who feelswithin himself the ability to do and to master large things. The oppor-tunities, too, are greater for the man of abili
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . Typical one-tejic-her Typical one-teaclier scliool. Such schools suffer fromIsolation, lack of numbers, lack of enthusiasm, and lackof impulses to action. It will probably always be true that the city will attract the ablestmen which a community produces. The prizes worth working for arelarger there,—are much more worthy of the energy of a man who feelswithin himself the ability to do and to master large things. The oppor-tunities, too, are greater for the man of ability, though the strugglefor existence is much more fierce. But, while the town and city may be — 116 — the best places for men of brains and energy, they are not the best placesin which to educate the great majority of the children of a futuregeneration of our people, and the premium ought not to be on that side,as it is now. Whatever can be done legitimately should be done toencourage people to remain in the country. The last decade has witnessed the introduction of many new thingswhich have tended to make country life more attractive.
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