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Industrial Universities for the People 877 military man, it is equally clear that this cannot be made available to any considerable portion of the industrial classes. But the idea has got abroad in the world, that some practical, liberal system of education for the industrial classes, suited at once to their circumstances and their wants, can be devised, and this idea is not likely soon to be stopped; it seems to work beneath the surface of human thought with the energy of a volcanic fire, and we think it will soon burst forth, into an out-birth to purify what is good, and overwhelm and annihilate whatever there may be that is evil in our present educational ideas and processes. In order to excite a proper interest in this department of education, the public are already aware that several conventions have been held in this State. The first convention was held at Granville, Putnam County, November 18th, 1851. The report of this convention was, in due time, published by the committee and presented to the public. It has since been reprinted, and commented upon in nearly all the leading agricultural and horticultural journals of the several States, and especially those of the North and West. I t was also copied into the patent office reports at Washington, and has received the favorable regard of nearly all the leading minds in the agricultural and mechanical classes, and their associations and institutes throughout the Union. While great numbers of addresses, resolutions, reports, and newspaper and periodical articles—all aiming to elucidate the same general idea, have been presented to the public, in all parts of the Union, showing that this is the great felt want of the mind and heart of the nation. This report was as follows:
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