Excerpt from The Yearling, 1925, Vol. 5: The Year Book of Agricultural and Mechanical College, Jonesboro, Arkansas Early specialization will reduce our capacity. A liberal arts course before 'specialization will prove a strong foundation. What architect would build a sky-scraper without first erecting a strong foundation. Our faculties will be keener if we do not get into a rut too soon. Bacon said Reading maketh a full man; confer ence a ready man; and writing an ex act man. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave logic and rhetoric able to contend. 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.