e none; yet a long and intimate acquaintance with them assured me that there were. They had an aristocracy; but of so peculiar and amiable
the kitchen and the one who paid her for it, in a social point of view, I coul
from the routine of their daily lives and assumed the lowlier occupations of others. They stood behind counters, in booths, and sold fancy articles, or dispensed ices and lemonade, or waited upon customers at the refreshment tables; bringing in trays of eatables, gathering up and removing empty dishes; performing labor that, under the ordinary circumstances of life, they would no
picture of the actual every-day social life of Mizora. The one who ordered a dinner at their finest hotel, had it ser
ures gravitate to a center. A differentiation of the highest mental quality was
e focus that drew the attention of all minds. Mizora might be called a great school of Nature, whose pupils studied her every phase, and pried into her secrets wi
ng to the grade of development. In the earlier histories, the leaders were chosen for their prowess in arms. Great warriors became rulers, and soldiers were the aristocracy of the land. As civil
The military and political supremacies lived out their usefulness and de
enefactor of our race. Its investigators and teach
r the longest, are of exceptionally slow development. Precocity is short liv
uter world. Their free schools and colleges were always open: always free. For this reason, it was no unusual thing for a person in Mizora to be
ns of teacher and pupil. I recognized in this social condition the great media of their marvelous approach to perfection. This aristoc
in science, literature, politics, music, painting, or sculpture. Social organizations naturally grow out of other business pursuits and vocations of all grades and kinds. The society of Mizora was divided only by such distinctions. The scientific mind had precedence of all others. In the social world, they found more congenial pleasure in one another, and they mingled more frequently among themselves. Other professions and vocations followed their example for the same reason. Yet neither was barred by social caste from seeking
their intermediate grades, wealth must inevitably be pre-eminent. It represents refined and luxurious environments
eturn what it receives. Where mind is the sole aristocracy it makes demands as rigid, though different, and mind was the aristocracy of Mizora. With them education is never at an
she took me into her laboratory. She is a manufacturer of lenses, and has been experimenting on microscopes. She has one now that posses
e that I can only compare it to the feeling one must possess who could
drop of water, scarcely discernible to the naked eye rolled over the forests and plains, and before it passed to the other side of the leaf a great lake covered the spot. My great-great-grandmother has an acute conductor of sound that she has invented, so exquisite in mechanism a
Your great-great-grandmother has condensed the learning of
history of a single leaf is so vast and yet ephemeral, what may not be the history of a single world? What, a
nd. But inherited beliefs are not easily dissi
verybody still eager to learn more. The artist of the kitchen was up to the National College yesterday attending a lecture on chemistry. The artist who arranges my rooms is up th
The culinary artist at the house where you are visiting, is a very fine chemist. She has a predilection fo
hostess has a particular fondness for flowers and decorates all her rooms with them. All plants are not harmless occupants of livingrooms. Some give forth exhalations that are really noxious. That artist has so accurate a knowledge of air t
rs. She already discerns it. My children will have intellects of a finer grade than mine. This is our system of mind culture. The intellect is of slower development than the body, and takes longer to decay. The gradations of advancement from on
mother
haracter. In the earlier history of our race, there were social conditions that rendered many lives wretched, and that the law would not and, in the then state of civilization, coul
d an idea. When will wealth open the doors of colleges, academies, and schools
saw in my own land a Temple of Learning rise, grand in proportion, complete in detail, with a broad gateway, over w