...realize for North Carolina what Whittier. the poet, portrays as true of Massachusetts: ' ' The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds and hearts...keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Plymouth Rock ; And still maintains, with milder laws, And clearer light, the good old cause! "Nor...

...school-house stands, And what her rugged soil denies, The harvest of the mind supplies. 9 The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts...her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Eock ; And still maintains, with milder laws, And clearer light, the Good Old Cause ! Nor heeds the...

...highest ambition? What do we most wish for our sons and daughters? In the words of Whittier: "The riches of the Commonwealth, Are free, strong minds, and hearts...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain." Unless we have virtue, intelligence and devotion to truth, — esteeming the welfare of our neighbor...

...logic of events has to unfold. — From Pathfinder in American History. BITS OF THINGS. "The riches of the Commonwealth, Are free, strong minds and hearts...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain." "Take joy home, And make a place in thy great heart for her, And give her time to grow, and cherish...

...good teacher, as we recognize here anew the solid truth of a noble American poet's words : The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. She heeds no sceptic's puny hands, While near her school the church-spire stands j Nor fears the blinded...

...school-house stands, And what her rugged soil denies, The harvest of the mind supplies. The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts...her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Bock ; And still maintains, with milder laws, And clearer light, the Good Old Cause ! Nor heeds the...

...thou shalt find it after many days." RW REMINISCENCENCES OF NEW ENGLANDPAST AND PRESENT. " The riches of the Commonwealth Are free strong minds and hearts of health, And more to them than gold or grain The cunning hand and cultured brain." WHITTIEK. To every Englishman the States...

...school-house stands, And what her rugged soil denies, The harvest of the mind supplies. The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock ; And still maintains,...

...school-house stands; A ml what her rugged soil denies, The harvest of the mind supplies. The treasures of the Commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health; And more to her than gold or grain, Are cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock The stubborn strength of...

...what her rngged soil denies. The harvest of the mind snpplies. The riches of the Commoowealth л re free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, The cnnning hand and cnltored hrain. For well she keeps her ancient stock. The stohhorn strength of Pilgrim...