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Show LOCAL CO-OPERATIOX. We all of us admit the powder of co-operation. "Two heads are better than one," and granted this we must coiuede that three, heads are better than two and four are better than three. Each man separately stands fo.' his own individual force; but if a number of men join together for some object, their power in the com-ii. com-ii. v i:ty increases as each man joins, much more rapidly than his personal force would wairant. Notwithstanding our knowledge of this fact, it is often hard to secure co operation in local affairs. True co-operatTon means giving up one's own preferences, subordinating one's pe 'souality, considering the public good as better than one's own. The man who forgetu himself is the most people. Every man naturally wants the best for his town or village, but the community that achieves the best is the one where the citizens work unselfishly un-selfishly together. In other words, when we refer to the public spirit of a community, we simply mean its or.pat-ity for organized and smooth-l smooth-l mining co-operalion. |