State Pomological Society of Michigan
Published: 2017-02-07
Total Pages: 532
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Excerpt from Third Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Pomological Society of Michigan, 1873 In short, the world seems about to recognize that all true prosperity of the State must rest upon the foundation of free and intelligent labor. In our republican system, where labor controls the sovereignty, we should have every facility for the growth of these elements of national greatness. Fully to comprehend our needs, in this respect, we must first understand, that what distinguishes our civilization from primitive barbarism - the con crete body, so to speak, of our civilization - subsists not in the earth, - not in the air, - not in dead matter, - but in the mind, - in that mysterious receptacle of thought, where are garnered the rich treasures of experience; Where the facts and deductions of science are made practical; and where reside the Genii that direct the operations of the material world to so many useful purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.