As a general rule, the militia are individually more capable and intelligent than the men who compose a regular army.

But they must of necessity be inferior in practical professional knowledge.
Technical education is necessary in every pursuit of life.

It is possible that the lawyer may succeed in some particular cases without a knowledge of law, but he will probably have few clients if he remain ignorant of the laws and precedents that govern the courts.

The unlearned chemist may succeed in performing some single experiment, but his progress will be slow and uncertain if he neglect to make himself familiar with the experiments and discoveries of his predecessors.
Learning, when applied to agriculture, raises it from a mere mechanical drudgery to the dignity of a science.

By analyzing the composition of the soil we cultivate, we learn its capacity for improvement, and gain the power to stimulate the earth to the most bountiful production.