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A labiate 
S. officinalis . 
plant of several species of the genus Salvia, but especially 
Domestic Virtue. 
LOVE OF HOME. 
“Home is the sacred refuge of our life.” 
— Dryden. 
J F, of the thousands, nay, millions of men, that have been ruined, the 
question were asked, “Wliat was the cause of your downfall?” —the 
answer would almost invariably be: “I did not truly love my home” 
And if the proprietors of drinking-resorts, dancing-halls, skating- 
rinks, theatres, and kindred places, could be made to answer the question 
as to the class of people they made their money on, they would give a sim¬ 
ilar reply—“On those who have no real fondness for home.” 
Alas ! it is home-life that in our times is threatened in many ways ! 
It is, therefore, the most urgent duty of every man who wishes to 
escape the slavery of wilful poverty, to strive to build up a home, humble 
though it be, where he may always find an object of his affection, a par¬ 
ticipant in his joys, and a sympathizer in his sorrows— three things which, 
next to God, should be nearest and dearest to man. 
But in order that a home may be able to provide for the wants so 
numerous in man, it must be made pleasant, by various ingenious devices, 
so that it may, in truth, be said of it, “There is no place like home !” 
Bor, as Byron sings, 
“The parted bosom clings to wonted home, 
If aught that’s kindred cheer the welcome hearth.” 
