An egg is something that is pretty hard to spoil in the cooking.

Yet some of these boarding-house cooks are such masters of the art that they can fix up a plate of steak, eggs and potatoes and make them all as tasteless as a chip of wood.

I've had this kind of fare for the last few years, and getting back to your table is the best part of home-coming." Father was still a puddler, and to show my appreciation of all he had done for me, I went into the mill every afternoon that summer and worked a heat or two for him while he went home and rested in the shade.
The workout did me good.

It kept my body vigorous and cleared my brain so that my studies were easy for me, and I advanced with my education faster than ever before.
This proved to me that schooling should combine the book stuff with the shop work.

Instead of interfering with each other, they help each other.
The hand work makes the books seem more enjoyable..