land, and the
principal incidents relating to a festival which took place there,--it
has not been so extensively circulated.

Mr. Hughes is the second son of John Hughes, Esq., of Donington Priory,
near Newbury, Berks Co., England. He was born October 20, 1823, and
received his early education at Rugby under the instruction of the noble
Dr. Arnold, who is depicted so beautifully in "School Days at Rugby." In
1841 he entered Oriel College, Oxford, and received his degree of B. A.
in 1845. He immediately registered himself as a student at Lincoln's
Inn, and was called to the bar in January, 1848.

Mr. Hughes still pursues the profession of a barrister, in which he
stands prominent, and devotes much of his time to the writing and doing
of good things. He has been a strong helper in plans for the education
and assistance of workmen in his own country, and has always advocated
the principles of liberty and justice everywhere. He is one of the
truest friends that the United States has in England, and his voice and
his pen have never failed to support her cause against that of Rebeldom.

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PHYSICAL HEALTH.

TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF AMERICA.

The great war will end. Then what magnificent expansion! But what
immense responsibilities! Soon they must rest upon you,--your manhood
and womanhood. God and the nations will watch you.

A great and good nation is made up of great and good men and women. A
strong building cannot be made of weak timbers.

A complete man is composed of a healthy body, a cultured brain, and a
true heart. Wanting either he fails. Is his heart false? His strong head
and body become instruments of evil. Is his head weak? His strong body
and true heart are cheated. Is the body sick? His noble head and heart
are like a great engine in a rickety boat.

_Our Young Folks are strong and good._

I have studied the life of the young among the better peoples of Europe.
It is not flattery to say, that you, my young fellow-countrymen, have
the best heads and hearts in the world. The great size of your brains is
noticed by every intelligent stranger. The ceaseless activity of those
brains is one of the most striking features of American life. American
growth, as seen in railways, telegraphs, and agriculture, is tame and
slow when compared with the achievements of our schools. And where else
among the young are there such organizations for the spread of the
Gospel, for temperance, for the r