Excerpt from The Young Citizen
You have learned by this time something about the vast extent and the enormous natural riches of our country. You have seen on the map how it stretches through thousands of miles, from ocean to ocean. You have followed the courses of its great rivers. You know where its mountain ranges lie. You have read of its vast fields where cotton and corn and wheat grow for the millions Of the world. You have seen in what States are mines of gold, silver, and copper, and, what is even more important, of coal and iron. You know some of the cities where the great mills and factories are, and where they build the great Ships. Surely no country has such extensive riches or so many happy homes.
The Young Citizen
