PATRIOTISM 



1527 



PATROON SYSTEM 



Life, for my country and the cause of freedom, 

 Is but a trifle for a worm to part with. 



Shakespeare makes one of his characters say 



I do love 



My country's good with a respect more tender. 

 More holy and profound, than mine own life. 



The Swiss patriot, Arnold Winkelried, so meas- 

 ured the value of his life when he rushed into 

 the ranks of the Austrians at the Battle of 

 Sempach, and "made way for liberty." Such, 

 too. -pint of Nathan Hair, whosr dy- 



mce, "I only regret that I have hut 

 one life to lose for my country," expresses the 

 _' of true patriots of all lands and ages. 



A Living Patriotism. This spirit of loyalty 

 and self-sacrifice animates all of thox- who 

 practice patriotism in ovrryday life. There is 

 no finer quality of love for country than that 

 which inspires men and women to be good 

 citizens; such a patriotism makes them sacrifice 

 ;re and pleasure and money and personal 

 preferences to serve the state. It makes voting 

 and intelligent study of the problems of the 

 day a sacred duty. To the right-minded person 



There are no points of the compass on the chart 

 of true patriotism. 



Cultivating Patriotism. The spirit of patriot- 

 -hould be fostered in the hearts of children 

 both at home and in the schoolroom. They 

 should have access to books and magazines 

 which will instill noble ideals and inspire to 

 heroic living. Moreover, the teachers and par- 

 ents themselves should at all times set an 

 example of patriotic devotion. The boy who 

 sees his father neglectful of his duties as a 

 n and his mother indifferent to the great 

 questions pertaining to national life is not being 

 encouraged to love his country better than his 

 liff . Teachers should find in the teaching of 

 such subjects as history, civics and literature 

 opportunities for fo.-t< rum patriotic sentiments, 

 and they should prepare special programs on 

 the anniversaries of great historic events. 

 Every pupil should know the words of his 

 country's national hymns and know how to sa- 

 lute its flag. In such ways teachers may help 

 develop in the young one of the finest of all the 



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"Let our object be our country, our whole coun- 

 ;md nothing but our country." Daniel Web- 

 ster. 

 Essay on Patrlo 



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Biography : 

 Robert Bruce 

 Demosthenes 

 Benjamin Franklin 

 Nathan Hale 



Joan of Arc 

 Thaddeus Kosciusko 

 Horatio Nelson 

 Laura Secord 



Poems: 



Pav x Ride Longfellow 



My Native Land Coles 

 Marco Bozsaris Hal leek 

 Your Flag and My F/a0 Nesbit 



Quotations : 



How sleep the brave, who sink to rest. 

 By all their country's wishes 1 



Collins. 



.My country, 'tis of tin-.-. 

 Sweet land of liberty. 



Of thee I sing. Samuel F. Smith. 



Breathes there a man with soul so dead 

 Who never to himself hath said, 

 This is my own my native land ! 



Scott. 



Land of my sires ! what mortal hand 

 Can e'er untie the filial band 

 That knits me to thy rugged strand ! 



Scott. 



Our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, 

 to be defended by all our hands. Winthrop. 



What a pity is It 

 That we can die but once to save our country ! 



Addison. 

 Supplementary Reading 



Gettysburg Address Lincoln 



Man Without a Country Edward Everett Hale 



The Leak in the Dyke 



Commemoration Ode Lowell 



Horatius at the Bridge Macaulay 



Related Suhjcoim. Biographies of the follow- 

 ing men and women conspicuous for patriotism 

 are given in these volumes : 



Adams, John 

 Adams, Samuel 

 Allen, Ethan 

 Brock, Sir Isaac 

 Bruce, Robert 

 Brutus, Marcus Junius 

 Decatur, Stephen 

 Emmet, Robert 

 Franklin. Benjamin 

 Hale, Nathan 

 Hamilton, Alexander 

 Hancock, John 

 11. nry. Patrick 

 Hofer, Andreas 



Kosciusko. Thaddeus 

 Kossuth. Louis 

 Lee, Richard Henry 

 Lincoln, Abraham 

 Mazzlnl. Giuseppe 

 Morris, Robert 

 Nelson. 11. 

 O'Connell, Daniel 

 Revere, Paul 

 Ross, Betsy 

 Secord. Laura 

 Tell. William 

 Wallace. Sir William 

 WlnkHi ie.l. Arnol.l 



PATRONS, jn'trunz, OF HUSBANDRY. 



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PATROON, patroon', SYSTEM, a plan 



adopted by tin- Dutch \\Y-t In-Li Company ft* 

 the colonization of New Ncthcrland, in what 

 is now New York state. The plan as first 

 ado] ittrd any innnbrr of th- roni- 



select as his own property any t 



le of Manhattan Maud. \t. ndum 

 sixteen miles along one side of a river or bay, 



