... blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring labor of the fields. It has always been the fruitful soil from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country, and the majority of our... Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa - Page 960by James Baird Weaver - 1912 - 1365 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1903 - 640 pages
...develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood and no greater blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close...and the. majority of our nation's great warriors, wise statesmen, renowned scholars and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and are indebted... | |
| 1903 - 742 pages
...healthful, life-inspiring labors of the field. It has always been the fruitful soil from which has sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country and the majority of our nation's great warriors, wise statesmen, renowned scholars and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm, reared hand... | |
| 1905 - 954 pages
...honorable and humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift. have been patrons of husbandry. It has always been the fruitful soil from which have...sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country and many of our nation's greatest men are indebted to its early influence for the distinction which they... | |
| Albert B. Williams - 1912 - 538 pages
...develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterizes true manhood, and no greater blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close...the country and the majority of our nation's great statesmen, famous warriors, renowned scholars and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm... | |
| 1914 - 890 pages
...as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry. The free out-of-door life of the farm has a decided tendency to foster and develop that...its early influence for the distinction which they have attained. George B. Jackson, one of the well known and popular citizens of Leesville, Lawrence... | |
| John Licinius Everett Peck, Otto Hillock Montzheimer, William J. Miller - 1914 - 874 pages
...decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood and no truer blessing can befall a boy...its early influence for the distinction which they have attained. Adolph Gosch, a prosperous farmer of Linsoln township, O'Brien county, was born in Scott... | |
| John Licinius Everett Peck, Otto Hillock Montzheimer, William J. Miller - 1914 - 844 pages
...foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood and nc truer blessing can befall a boy than to be reared...its early influence for the distinction which they have attained. Adolph Gosch, a prosperous farmer of Linsoln township, O'Brien county, was born in Scott... | |
| Frank M. Allen - 1914 - 854 pages
...better fortune can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, inspiring labor of the fields. It has always been the fruitful...distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and are largely indebted to its early influences for the distinction which they later attained. Howard... | |
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