Thus the rising generation is prepared for its work. The
children find themselves on starting in life possessed of the
information necessary to success, whereas their father had to
struggle on his way in the midst of darkness and
misapprehension. Suppose a step similar to the one I have
described were made by the young people from one end of the
islands to the other. Would not ignorance give way to
intelligence? Would not darkness become light? Would not
inexpertness succumb to proficiency? The general result could
only be a largely increased sum of individual and national
prosperity.

The King, who has of late been residing a few miles from Honolulu
superintending some agricultural operations of his own, we believe upon
the very spot which his great predecessor, Kamehameha I., cultivated
before him, spoke with animation of our natural advantages:

Who ever heard of winter upon our shores? When was it so cold
that the laborer could not go to his field. Where amongst us
shall we find the numberless drawbacks which in less favored
countries the working classes have to contend with? They have
no place in our beautiful group, which rests on the swelling
bosom of the Pacific like a water-lily. With a tranquil heaven
above our heads, and a sun that keeps his jealous eye upon us
every day, whilst his rays are so tempered that they never
wither prematurely what they have warmed into life, we ought
to be agriculturists in heart as well as practice.

The following sentence contains a truth to which thousands can testify:

I wish to allude to a bad custom which prevails amongst us. I
mean the foolish hospitality extended everywhere towards the
lazy and good-for-nothing equally with those who are worthy of
it. A young man, able bodied and fit for work, lies in the
house upon which he confers the honor of a visit, whilst his
friends go out to labor. When they come back they share with
him their scanty meal, and he is not ashamed to eat of it. Is
that as it should be? Is it not a thing which we ought to feel
as a disgrace--a custom that reflects upon the heads of the
old and the hearts of the young? I am well aware that the
sharing of food with every stranger and visitor that comes
along is dignified with the name of ancient Hawaiian
hospitality. I now tell you i