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mankind acting  in  the  mass,  cooperatively,  as  a  sect, order, or  legislative  body. The noise  and  bustle  of some  excite  others ;  as  an  old  broken  down  cart- horse, driven into  a  band  of  wild,  frolicsome  horses, becomes fractious  and  unmanageable. Business breeds business,  and  caution  engenders  caution. He who croaks  and  hoards,  lying  in  wait  for  opportunities to get  something  for  nothing,  incites  others  to  croak and hoard  and  lie  in  wait ;  and  so  stagnation  follows. A man  who  cheerfully,  and  with  hope  in  his  heart, goes to  work,  develops  the  resources  of  his  country, buys and  sells  and  builds,  will  incite  like  activity  in others,  and  development  and  property  must  follow. Deliberation and  caution  are  well  enoagh  in  their place, and  not  to  be  overlooked  at  any  time,  but  a good  driver  does  not  put  on  the  brakes  going  up  hill. It is  true  that  the  people  of  California  are  very greatly absorbed  in  making  money. And this  is  as  it should  be,  for  what  is  money-making  but  develop- ment and progress  ? Culture and  refinement  always follow material  prosperity,  they  never  precede  it. We have  here  lands  to  be  put  under  contribution, mines to  be  opened,  railroads  and  cities  to  be  built; would it  be  accounted  to  us  as  wise  to  sit  down  to play  when  we  have  made  no  provision  for  our  dinner  ? First provide  for  the  material  man,  else  the  mental will fare  poorly  enough. But, say  our  friends  at  the east, "You  have  made  money  enough ;  it  is  time  you should  turn  your  attention  to  something  better  than money,  if  ever  you  intend  doing  so." Very true,  but railway trains  are  not  stopped  at  full  speed ;  cart horses do  not  usually  make  the  best  racers,  and  ships built for  the  water  do  not  sail  w^ell  in  the  air. Money-makers are  simply  machines,  as  are  philoso- phers and scholars ;  take  one  to  pieces  and  remodel it, and  the  working  of  it  afterward  is  very  doubtful. I see  no  other  way  but  to  give  the  country  time. The next  generation  will  beget  new  inventions,  ex- periences thus brought  together  propagate. Hence