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LEARNERS AS LEADERS the opportunity of learning. The opportunity was given us first of all by John Owens, a plain Manchester man, undistinguished, so far as we know, among those with whom he lived and worked. Yet his gift has made him a name as memorable, associated with as great a service to his country, as that of any Englishman of his day. It brought into play the activities of countless others, who have swollen its volume and increased its potency until the stream has become a great river, whose power is transmuted into the light that illuminates a whole community. The story of Owens 10