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JOSEPH GURNEY CANNON

the measure of usefulness and influence will depend upon individual effort and personal merit. And he firmly believes that "it is better for a man to be a good laborer than a poor employer; better to become a good farmer or mechanic than to take low rank in one of the learned professions."