League of American Wheelmen

“ Insincerity is epitomized by "Honey on the lips, but a sword in the heart." "When there are no tigers, wild cats are self-important," and "You cannot expect to lift a heavy stone without getting red in the face," are sound doctrine in any language. ”

“ Take a strong string, about two yards long, at one end make a loop big enough to pass over a person's head without any trouble, and another loop—a tiny one—at the other end, the right size to hold a pencil.
Tell your friend to cover his ears with his hands—held flat against them. Then pass the large loop over his head and draw it tight across the backs of his hands. Place a pencil in the smaller loop, and turn it rather quickly around and around while you hold the string tight. The effect on your friend's ears will be like the firing of numerous guns. ”

“ Korean proverbs indicate mentality of no mean order. "The blind man stole his own hen and ate it" is terse and ironical. "Even the hedgehog says her young are smooth," is the equivalent of the English, "The crow thinks her own child the fairest." ”

“ The English language is a direct development of the Anglo-Saxon, but the development has not been regular and gradual. There are five periods of the English language: First, from 450 to 1100 A. D.; second, from 1100 to 1250 A. D.; third, from 1250 to 1350 A. D.; fourth, from 1350 to 1460 A. D.; fifth, from 1460 to the present. From 450 to 1066 the language spoken in England was a dialect of Low German. Before the Norman Conquest there were two dialects in England, a southern and a northern, the former being a literary language. ”

“ The United States has a greater proportion of school children to population of any country in the world. About 190 per 1,000 of her population are children at school, while in Russia the proportion is only 20 per 1,000. ”

“ The universities bow to it equally with the man in the street. It is shown not only in the deference paid by them to plutocrats with bounty to dispense, but the large output of students bent on commercial pursuits has displaced the proportion aiming at intellectual and moral eminence. ”

“ Even a potato, from the time a cutting is planted in the ground until the digging from the hill at last, requires fresh treatment at every stage of its growth. By as much as a great cause is more important than a hill of potatoes is the need of fresh thought, new methods, and increased energy at every stage of its progress. ”

“ He said the general trend of belief was that truth cannot be fixed, and if in the range of science and philosophy it was thought the end had not been reached why should the theologian imagine he has reached the end of theology? ”

“ Divinity schools languish, medicine turns out an oversupply of doctors, thoroughly equipped teachers are harder to obtain, and if law is an exception, it is because the profession has greater chances of wealth from its closer association with commercialism. ”

“ In Asia it is the symbol of good luck, good fortune, long life, pleasure, success, and as it is not found in this country in connection with any religious ceremonies, only upon objects of daily use, it is fair to presume our Indians use it for the same significance. ”

“ These contain sensible, sturdy and meaty observations on life and ways of life from which any boy may derive real profit. There isn't a bit of cant or preaching in them, but they are spirited, encouraging and cheering. ”