#December 13, 1870
#OTD Dallas Lore Sharp, American #Writer & #Naturalist, is born.
In his #Winter #Book, he left #Instructions.
TO THE #Pupil
#Darwin's book on #Earthworms: #Read how #Worms make #Garden #Soil.
TO THE #Teacher
Make a point of going into the winter #Woods & #Fields.
Start your #Bird #Study. Awaken #Sympathy & #Responsibility by [feeding] the birds;
#Cultivate Cheerfulness & #Hardiness by breasting a #Bitter winter #Gale for the #Pure #Joy of it... in #Girls as well as #Boys.
