We have no right to teach anything that does not go through the intellect and reach the heart.
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
LESSON XLIX
WHEAT
Wheat was unknown in America till it was brought over by Europeans, but it is now grown to an immense extent in the temperate regions of both North and South America. Our country is the greatest wheat granary in the world. The production of this grain in the United States is over five hundred millions of bushels a year.
The great "wheat belt" of the United States is in the Northwest,—in
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the neighboring states.
California also is a splendid country for this cereal, and California's
wheat crop is every year worth more than were ever her stores of gold.
People who live in cities and towns get their bread for the most part at the baker's; so that in many families the good old art of bread-making is almost forgotten. Then it must be said that it is the exception rather than the rule when one finds really good home-made bread. This is a great pity.
Now, let me add one hint for the benefit of the girls. In the English language there is no nobler word than Lady. But go back to its origin, and what do we find that it means? We find that it means She that looks after the loaf.
WISE SAYINGS
Shallow men believe in luck; strong men in pluck.