And ridges of good muscles stiffened now their loins, and their chests were deepening, and at "raisings," when the men and boys of the region wrestled after their work was done, the two were not uncounted.

For them the country school had accomplished its mission.

The world's geography was theirs.

Grammar they had memorized, but hardly comprehended.

As for mathematics, they were on the verge of algebra.
Then came the force of laws of politics and trade, a shifting of things, and Grant strode out of nature to learn the artificial.