85

X. Coin Department--Illustrated List and Tables of Values of
Rare Coins 95

Loisette's System of Memory 107
Useful Tables of Mnemonics 111

Facts Worth Knowing 121

Art Department between pages 132-133

Gems of Thought from Poor Richard's Almanac, etc. 135
Robert Burns 147

XI. Oratorical Department 149
Patrick Henry's Speech 149
Abraham Lincoln's Speech 152
Wm. J. Bryan's Speeches 153

Speeches of C. A. Bogardus 164

Address Delivered at Farmington, Iowa 165

Speech at Decatur, Indiana 169

Speech at Jacksonville, Ill. 174

What Next 189

ANNOUNCEMENT.

SPRINGFIELD, MO., August 28th, 1907.

TO THE PUBLIC:

In as much as the former editions of this book have been so well liked,
excepting the type being so small, it has been mentioned by many that a
correction in that particular would be well. I have revised and
enlarged the book and it now appears from larger type.

C. A. B.

PREFACE.

Agesilaus, king of Sparta, being asked what things he thought most
proper for _boys to learn_, replied: "Those things which they should
_practice_ when they become _men_." His reply was in perfect harmony
with the good judgment of mankind, and cannot fail to be appreciated by
all who have good common sense. If Agesilaus lived at the present time,
the question would most probably have included both boys and girls, and
undoubtedly his reply would be so worded as to apply to men and women.

Mankind, especially of the United States, has two great duties. First,
that of self-support and education. Second, that of governmental
support and national enlightenment. While I have thus divided man's
responsibility in two parts, it might not be improper to obliviate the
dividing line and say that man's duties are all under one comprehensive
head, viz.: "Mankind's duty is to man." However,