Social rivalry brings its rich compensations. It is so with the
international rivalry. America and Australia at this moment are
sending into this country (England) corn, meats, fruits, and
our farmers declare that they are being ruined. But the fact
is men have to be ruined that they may be made over again, and
fashioned on a grander pattern. Our husbandmen will be compelled
to put away all droning; they must go to school again, they
must invent new methods, they must adopt new machines, sow
choicer seeds, breed superior cattle; they must grub up the old
canker-eaten, lichen-laden orchards, and plant fresh fruit-trees
of the best varieties. The pressure of the times will lift the
national husbandry to a higher plane. And this international
rivalry will have the same stimulating effect on city
life.--W. L. WATKINSON, “The Transfigured Sackcloth.”
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=Stomach Contraction=--See ADAPTATION.
=Stones, Comparing=--See COMMON THINGS.
=Stored Energy=--See RESERVE POWER.