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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. For well she keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock ; And still maintains, with... "
The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 184
by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 543 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 79

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 582 pages
...entitled " Our State," indicating the sources of the pride and prosperity of Massachusetts : — " Nor heeds the sceptic's puny hands, While near her...school the church-spire stands ; Nor fears the blinded higot's rule, While near her church-spire stands the school." The " Reformer " is an instance to the...
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Educational Pamphlets 61: History of Education in America].

1827 - 460 pages
...strength beyond estimation to our American representative government. The riches of the commonwealth, Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more...rule, While near her church-spire stands the school. 250TH ANNIVERSARY. 15 THE CHAIRMAN, — Ladies and Gentlemen ; our High School was established in 1851....
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The American Missionary, Volume 47

1893 - 468 pages
...what Whittier. the poet, portrays as true of Massachusetts: ' ' The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds and hearts of health ; And more...keeps her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Plymouth Rock ; And still maintains, with milder laws, And clearer light, the good old cause! "Nor...
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Sermons Preached at the Annual Election

1846 - 492 pages
...communion, so that one of our own native poets has said of our Commonwealth, that she never " dreads the sceptic's puny hands, While near her school the...blinded bigot's rule, While near her church-spire stands a school." There are a thousand other avenues through which the learning of a clergyman, who is what...
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Report, Volume 26

New Hampshire State Board of Education - 1856 - 454 pages
...regard; let us bestow upon them like gifts. In the words of one of our poets, the State never, " dreads the sceptic's puny hands, While near her school the...stands ; Nor fears the blinded bigot's rule, While near the church-spire stands a school." JONATHAN TENNEY, Commissioner of Common Schools for the County of...
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Songs of Labor, and Other Poems

John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 144 pages
...what her rugged soil denies, The harvest of the mind supplies. 9 The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more...her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Eock ; And still maintains, with milder laws, And clearer light, the Good Old Cause ! Nor heeds the...
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Songs of Labor, and Other Poems

John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 pages
...And what her rugged soil denies, Thr harvest of the mind supplies. The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more...her ancient stock, The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Eock ; And still maintains, with milder laws, And clearer light, the Good Old Cause ! Nor heeds the...
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Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends

Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...most wish for our sons and daughters? In the words of Whittier: "The riches of the Commonwealth, Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more...gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain." Unless we have virtue, intelligence and devotion to truth, — esteeming the welfare of our neighbor...
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The North American Review, Volume 79

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 566 pages
...entitled " Our State," indicating the sources of the pride and prosperity of Massachusetts : — " Nor heeds the sceptic's puny hands, While near her...rule, While near her church-spire stands the school." The " Reformer " is an instance to the same purpose : — " All grim and soiled and brown with tan,...
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The North American Review, Volume 79

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 566 pages
...indicating the sources of the pride and prosperity of Massachusetts : — " Nor heeds the sceptic's pony hands, While near her school the church-spire stands...rule, While near her church-spire stands the school." The " Reformer " is an instance to the same purpose : — - All grim and soiled and brown with tan,...
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