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... and abroad is agitating the whole political world . Wherever men meet together
, it is the uppermost thought . In the marts of trade and upon the exchange , men
of business anxiously talk of it , and with suspended breath eagerly watch for the
...
... and abroad is agitating the whole political world . Wherever men meet together
, it is the uppermost thought . In the marts of trade and upon the exchange , men
of business anxiously talk of it , and with suspended breath eagerly watch for the
...
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It is the old question , which in one or another form recurs and is discussed on
every occasion like the present , and the full answer to which would cover the
whole field of theory and practice in agriculture . Upon such a field , where so
long the ...
It is the old question , which in one or another form recurs and is discussed on
every occasion like the present , and the full answer to which would cover the
whole field of theory and practice in agriculture . Upon such a field , where so
long the ...
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In this mode , and in this only , can he commence his career with the same
advantages which attend the young man entering upon any other kind of
business . It is generally the first step in life which gives direction to its whole
future march .
In this mode , and in this only , can he commence his career with the same
advantages which attend the young man entering upon any other kind of
business . It is generally the first step in life which gives direction to its whole
future march .
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that in his providence it was ordered that the great majority of mankind should
cultivate the soil , while the whole race should thus be fedthat to the moral ,
political and social elevation of man , as well as to the full and healthy
development of ...
that in his providence it was ordered that the great majority of mankind should
cultivate the soil , while the whole race should thus be fedthat to the moral ,
political and social elevation of man , as well as to the full and healthy
development of ...
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In truth , this preparation is to last his whole life - time . Whoever has to deal with
nature and her processes , is a perpetual learner . He studies in a school whose
lessons are never completed , whose teachings have no end . The great forces ...
In truth , this preparation is to last his whole life - time . Whoever has to deal with
nature and her processes , is a perpetual learner . He studies in a school whose
lessons are never completed , whose teachings have no end . The great forces ...
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Page 26 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures...
Page 26 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
Page 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: them preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 24 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 60 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Page 18 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 145 - it is stated, that " a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one day, and of course would require many more of a smaller size.
Page 25 - For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won.