| too."
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| C. A. BOGARDUS.
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"Nothing should ever tempt | "I hope nothing ever will tempt
us--nothing will ever tempt us | us to scale the debt of the
to scale down the sacred debt | nation through a legal
of the nation through a | technicality. Whatever may
legal technicality. Whatever may | be the language of the contract
be the language of the contract | the United States should
the United States will discharge | discharge its obligations
all its obligations in the | according to the contract."
currency recognized as the best |
throughout the civilized world | C. A. BOGARDUS.
at the time of payment." |
|
WM. MCKINLEY. |
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|
"This word to all when I am dead, | "This word to all while we are
Be sure you are right, then go | alive,
ahead." | Be sure we are right, then let
| drive."
DAVID CROCKETT. |
| C. A. BOGARDUS.

SPEECHES OF C. A. BOGARDUS

ADDRESS DELIVERED AT FARMINGTON, IOWA, NOVEMBER 20, 1897, BY C. A.
BOGARDUS.

SUBJECT: HOW TO READ.

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:--

It is not so much the amount of reading that educates us, as it is what
we read and the manner it is done that benefits us, for as Poor Richard
says: "The used key is always bright," so the well-read book always
shows the handling. A small well chosen library carefully read is of
vastly more benefit than the large, poorly chosen, unread volumes that
adorn the shelves of many homes. Yet I am not sure but that poorly
chosen books are better not read than read. A learned doctor once said:
"It is not what we eat that sustains life, but is what we digest."

We might well paraphrase his words and say it is not what we read that
educates us, but it is what we understand. For what we want is not
learning, but knowledge; that is the ability to make learning answer
its true end as a quickener of intelligence and widener of the
intellectual field.

We should not read to contradict; nor to believe