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"I suppose," said Norris slowly, for Dick was silent, "circu out abilities That's the law that operated in the case of the

older generation, and we'll have to trust to it in ours"

"That's true But I so you

to the best preparation We send you back to get the old education The

tendency of old communities is to rehash the traditions until they

become authority New communities have to face problems for themselves

and solve the enius The old hts

of others Heaven knoe needare fellows'," said Dick "To-day grows out of

yesterday"

"Yes, if it grows The growing is the point It et your thinkers going, but

not et intellectual

gout and have to tickle your palate with dainties A good deal of stuff

that's written nowadays see

to stir a jaded appetite That's my friend Early's specialty--to serve

literary cocktails But the appetite you bolster up isn't the equivalent

of a good healthy hunger after a day out-of-doors"

"When nature wants a genius, I suppose she has to use fresh seed," said

Dick

"And genius is creative," Mr Elton went on "So far, the genius this

country has developed is that which takes the raw material of forest and