 | 1827 - 460 páginas
...all the people, and a tower of strength beyond estimation to our American representative government. The riches of the commonwealth, Are free, strong minds,...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock ; And still maintains,... | |
 | 1893 - 468 páginas
...desire to realize for North Carolina what Whittier. the poet, portrays as true of Massachusetts: ' ' The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. " For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Plymouth Rock ; And still maintains,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 144 páginas
...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,...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Eock ; And still maintains,... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 páginas
...the theme 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,...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain." Unless we have virtue, intelligence and devotion to truth, — esteeming the welfare of our neighbor... | |
 | 1893 - 404 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1860 - 532 páginas
...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,...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 páginas
...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,...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock ; And still maintains,... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1865 - 192 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 122 páginas
...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,...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Bock ; And still maintains,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 páginas
...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,...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock ; And still maintains,... | |
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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. 
