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Father would never have flung the burden on your shoulders, Gilbert, but he is no longer here. You can't have the help of Yale or Harvard or Bowdoin to make a man of you, my son,  you will have to fight your own battles and win your own spurs." FATHER WOULD NEVER HAVE FLUNG THE BURDEN ON YOUR SHOULDERS GILBERT BUT HE IS NO LONGER HERE YOU CAN'T HAVE THE HELP OF YALE OR HARVARD OR ROWDON TO MAKE A MAN OF YOU MY SON YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT YOUR OWN BATTLES AND WIN YOUR OWN SPURS
eed without them;--I do not know your possibilities yet, Gilbert, and neither do you know them yourself!" Gilbert looked rather nonplussed. "Pretty stiff, I call it!" he grumbled, "to say that if you've got brains enough you can do without college." "It is true, nevertheless. If you have brains enough, and will enough, and heart enough, you can stay here in Beulah and make the universe search you out, and drag you into the open, where men have need of you!" (Mrs. Carey's eyes shone and her cheeks glowed.) "What we all want as a family is to keep well and strong and good, in body and mind and soul; to conquer our weaknesses, to train our gifts, to harness our powers to some wished-for end, and then _pull_, with all our might. Can't my girls be fine women, fit for New York or Washington, London or Paris, because their young days were passed in Beulah? Can't my boys be anything that their brains and courage fit them for, whether they make their own associations or have them made for them? Y BE THAT YOU ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SECEDE WITHOUT THEM I DO NOT KNOW YOUR POSSIBILITIES YET GILBERT AND NEITHER DO YOU KNOW THEM YOURSELF GILBERT LOOKED RATHER NONPLUSSED PRETTY STIFF I CALL IT HE GRUMBLED TO SAY THAT IF YOU'VE GOT BRAINS ENOUGH YOU CAN DO WITHOUT COLLEGE IT IS TRUE NEVERTHELESS IF YOU HAVE BRAINS ENOUGH AND WELL ENOUGH AND HARD ENOUGH YOU CAN STAY HERE IN BEULAH AND MAKE THE UNIVERSE SEARCH YOU OUT AND DRAG YOU INTO THE OPEN WHERE MEN HAVE NEED OF YOU MISSUS CAREY'S EYES SHONE AND HER CHEEKS GLOWED WHAT WE ALL WANT IS A FAMILY IS TO KEEP WELL AND STRONG AND GOOD IN BODY AND MIND AND SOUL TO CONQUER OUR WEAKNESSES TO TRAIN OUR GIFTS TO HARNESS OUR POWERS TO SOME WISHED FOR END AND THEN PULL WITH ALL OUR MIGHT CAN'T MY GIRLS BE FINE WOMEN FIT FOR NEW YORK OR WASHINGTON OR LONDON OR PARIS BECAUSE THEIR YOUNG DAYS WERE PAST IN BEULAH CAN'T MY BOYS BE ANYTHING THAT THEIR BRAINS AND COURAGE FIT THEM FOR WHETHER THEY MAKE THEIR OWN ASSOCIATIONS OR HAVE THEM MADE FOR THEM
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