 | Michigan - 1908 - 764 pages
...tree with grass only. " 'Well, well,' said the old man, 'if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones;' so the old man...hasten down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon. " 'MORAL "'If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in a... | |
 | Sydney Eleanor Ingraham - Democracy - 1922 - 346 pages
...the tree with grass only. "Well, well," said the old man, "if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones." So the old man...hasten down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon. MORAL: If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in a more... | |
 | Frank Glenn Lankard - Christian education - 1927 - 368 pages
...the tree with grass only. "Well, well, said the old man, "if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones;" so the old man...hasten down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon. Moral If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in a most... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1868 - 366 pages
...punishment. I have seen the time when I could not get around it ; and then I said, " If no kind words, if no grass will do, I will try what virtue there is in stones." (Laughter.) It is said that if you punish a boy with a rod, he will never have any self-respect. Well,... | |
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So the old man pelted him heartily with stones, which soon made the young chap hasten down from the tree, and beg the old man's pardon. 
