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Page 331 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them "Hiawatha's Chickens.
Page 227 - is to create a civilization that does not degenerate under leisure. This can be done only by setting in operation forces making for a culture that recognizes, as no civilization since the fall of Rome has been required to do, that leisure is and must be a means, and not an end, that its true value is measured by what we do with it, by whether it lifts or lowers us in the great world of the intangibles, the world, not of material, but of spiritual, values.
Page 235 - For books are more than books, they are the life, The very heart and core of ages past. The reason why men lived, and worked, and died, The essence and quintessence of their lives.
Page 211 - York, for — the purpose of receiving and maintaining a fund or funds and applying the income thereof to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States...
Page 248 - I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend's face; For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as w,ell As in the days when I rang his bell, And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men — Tired with playing a foolish game; Tired with trying to make a name. "To-morrow," I say, "I will call on Jim, Just to show that I'm thinking of him.
Page 11 - The opening of a free public library, then, is a most important event in the history of any town. A college training is an excellent thing ; but, after all, the better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself, and it is for this that a good library should furnish the opportunity and the means.
Page 214 - the educated man is a man with certain subtle spiritual qualities which make him calm in adversity, happy when alone, just in his dealings, rational and sane in the fullest meaning of that word in all affairs of his life.
Page 248 - Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend's face, For Life is a swift and terrible race.
Page 331 - Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he met them, CaUed them
Page 321 - The frontier with its continuous influence is the most American thing in all America." 7 CH 22 (1953), 33-49. 8 Mead stützt sich hier auf die exakten Nachweise bei WR CROSS, The Burned-Over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800-1850, Ithaca, NY 1950. Cross 146 weist nach, daß...