8. That envy and covetousness are unpleasing and unprofitable are shown by these:
- The Dog and His Shadow, Volume I, page 63.
- The Frog Who Wished to Be as Big as an Ox, I, 66.
- The Golden Touch, II, 43.
9. Contentment, peacefulness, hopefulness are made very attractive in the following:
- The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, Volume I, page 199.
- The Pea Blossom, I, 205.
- The Flax, I, 378.
- The Discontented Stone Cutter, II, 12.
- The Fir Tree, II, 68.
- The Blind Lassie, VI, 120.
- Pippa Passes, IX, 293.
C. We have grouped together here two classes of selections which inculcate patriotism or devotion to one’s fatherland and devotion to God. How admirable the selections are! You have only to read them to see:
1. Patriotism:
- Holger Danske, Volume II, 377.
- Incident of the French Camp, IV, 174.
- The American Flag, V, 396.
- Battle Hymn of the Republic, V, 399.
- Stonewall Jackson’s Way, V, 400.
- Horatius, VI, 1.
- Bannockburn, VII, 15.
- Breathes There The Man, VII, 151.
- How Sleep the Brave, VII, 151.
- Make Way for Liberty, VII, 172.
- The Old Continentals, VII, 175.
- America, VIII, 60.
- The Battle of Thermopylae, VIII, 81.
- The Fall of the Alamo, VIII, 141.
- Hervé Riel, VIII, 168.
- The Battle of Trafalgar, VIII, 284.
- The Gettysburg Address, IX, 321.
2. Suitable selections under this topic are difficult for teachers to find, owing to the objection there is against religious teaching in the public schools. Parents have greater liberty of selection. The following are beautiful and seem wholly unobjectionable:
- A Thought, Volume I, page 66.
- The First Snowfall, II, 403.
- Nearer Home, IV, 126.
- Stonewall Jackson’s Way, V, 400.
- The Rainbow, VI, 91.
- A Child’s Thought of God, VII, 418.