 The riches of the Commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain.  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Stran 1951870Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1827 - 460 strani
...people, and a tower of strength beyond estimation to our American representative government. The riches of the commonwealth, Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of... | |
 | 1893 - 468 strani
...realize for North Carolina what Whittier. the poet, portrays as true of Massachusetts: ' ' The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds and hearts of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. " For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 144 strani
...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 of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 strani
...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 of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain." Unless we have virtue, intelligence and devotion to truth, —... | |
 | 1893 - 404 strani
...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 of health, And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain." "Take joy home, And make a place in thy great heart for her,... | |
 | 1860 - 532 strani
...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 of health; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. She heeds no sceptic's puny hands, While near her school the church-spire... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 strani
...all too brief. Yet, on her rocks, and on her sands, And wintry hills, the 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 122 strani
...all too brief. Yet, on her rocks, and on her sands, And wintry hills, the 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... | |
 | 1880 - 630 strani
...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 strani
...all too brief. Yet, on her rocks, and on her sands, And wintry hills, the 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... | |
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