It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. --_Montaigne._ 152 Eaten bread is soon forgotten. --_English._ 153 Birth is much, but breeding is more. 154 Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners. --_Dr. Johnson._ 155 Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial. 156 _Climate_--The climate of Great Britain, as that of no other country in a like latitude, derives its peculiarity from its situation and from the prevailing winds, which are from the southwest, except in the months of April and May. The thermometer for six months in the year averages near 60 degrees, and seldom, if ever, drops below 36 degrees during the remaining six months, thus affording, according to all authorities, one of the healthiest climates in the world. --_Students' Reference Work_, Edited by Chandler B. Beach, A. M. 157 _The Nobility of Great Britain_--The British nobility is the most enlightened, the best educated, the wisest, and bravest in Europe. 158 A brother's sufferings claim a brother's pity. --_Addison._ 159 When thy brother has lost all that he ever had, and lies languishing, and even gasping under the utmost extremities of poverty and distress, dost thou think to lick him whole again only with thy tongue? --_South._ 160 _A Saying of Napoleon_--Once at St. Helena, when walking with a lady, some servants came along carrying a load. The lady, in an angry tone, ordered them out of the way, on which Napoleon interposed, saying, "Respect the burden, madam." Even the drudgery of the humblest laborer contributes towards the general well-being of society; and it was a wise saying of a Chinese Emperor that, "If there was a man who did not work, or a woman that was idle, somebody must suffer cold or hunger in the Empire." --_Dr. H. D. Northrop._ 161 No one knows the weight of another's burden. --_German._ 162 The more we help others to bear their burdens, the lighter our own will be. 163 WHAT WE OWE TO ROBERT BURNS. Burns has been one of the world awakeners. His voice rang out of the stillness, like the clear sweet notes of a bugle horn, and his songs were sung with a nerve and strength of nature that stirred to its depths the popular heart.