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

...hills, the 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,...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...

...of our 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...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain." Unless we have virtue, intelligence and devotion to truth, — esteeming the welfare of our neighbor...

...secrets which the logic of events has to unfold. — From Pathfinder in American History. BITS OF THINGS. "The riches of the Commonwealth, Are free, strong...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...

...of every 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,...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...

...character to the common school, and make it the co-worker with the church, feeling, with the poet, that The riches of the Commonwealth Are free, strong minds and hearts of health j And more to her than gold and grain The cunning hand and cultured brain. She heeds no sceptic's puny...

...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,...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...

...waters, and 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...

...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,...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...