15. What to do with the Idlers

Our country is filled with the idle and unemployed, and the great

question asking for an answer is: What shall be done with these men?

What shall these men do? To this there is but one answer: They must

cultivate the soil. Farming must be more attractive. Those who work

the land must have an honest pride in their business. They must educate

their children to cultivate the soil.

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