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Absolutely nothing of Francis survives. His throne
and the “right divine” to rule are things of the past.
The larger idea of the divine right of each man to
justice and liberty of thought and action has replaced
it. But it has required eighteen centuries for that
brief sentence, ‘‘ Do unto others as you would be
done by,” to be recognized as the only stable corner-
stone of government. The old castle of Francis
stands strong as ever, but the conditions of his time

 

MARIE ANTOINETTE IN PRISON.

are more impossible now than a fairy tale, while with
all Luther’s own faults, his teachings of personal lib-
erty and personal responsibility are to-day stronger
than any power of kings, and find their largest expres-
sion here in the land discovered by Columbus.

In this way we came down the ages. They found
life and color, and the same motives and passions as
ours of to-day in all these far-back people. They
felt the continuous chain of effort and progress,
and, I hope, realized that whether rewarded or not, it
was right and noble to live for others as well as for
one’s self, Coming to later days, there were so many

MY ARIZONA CLASS.

delightful examples of this to tell them, and “all true
stories,” as the children say.

Even the story of the boy Casabianca was, I found,
not known to many of the class. But his own family
in Paris had not known of those verses until quite
recently. One of the ladies had told me so when I
expressed my satisfaction at being in their house and
meeting members of the family whose name was truly
a household word wherever the English language was
spoken. “So you know of it in America too,” she
said, “my poor little cousin! we never dreamed he

" was famous until an English lady told us, as you do,

that your nurseries were made obedient by telling
them of the boy who would not leave his post without
his father’s word!”

The English lady had translated for them into
French, the verses, and so, in the third generation,
the “poor little cousin” became introduced to his
own family as the boy counterpart of the Roman
sentinel at Pompeii.

A lady at the fort had Mrs, Hemans’ verses, and
they were part of each scholar’s memory before the
next Friday.

Any one who could, helped forward our class. The
young people reported our talks in their own fashion,
and any special point of interest to each became en-
larged and was often made very interesting by out-
side discussion.

One of the officers had a good and large photo-
graphic collection of foreign views, buildings and
portraits, and sent me these, with his fine glass for
exhibiting them, to use for the class.

These, however, I would not move from my own
house, but invited my young people to private views,
where we could also have more satisfactory fulness of
speaking than in the school, where, as I could not
mention either religion or politics, I was continually
hampered. For a narrow or a broad policy, and a
narrowing or an enlarging religion are the unhealthy
or healthy currents in the world’s growth. But at
home I was quite free, and I asked them to come to
me there for any fuller knowledge or explanation.
At Christmas I had-had them all to a special kettle-
drum, and told them to remember the afternoon tea- —
hour, and always come to me then.

The altered and humane treatment of the poor and
the insane, of “all prisoners, sick persons and young
children ”— three most helpless classes — made one of
our most useful and interesting talks; ranging from
the Crusades and the knights of Saint John through