People in the hungry, unfed ages grew so used to privation that even the
philosophers accepted sorrow and woe as a matter of course and dilated
upon their virtues for chastening the human soul. “It is better to go to
the house of mourning than the house of mirth,” said one of the
prophets, and such words brought comfort to the hungry, miserable
millions who had to mourn and go hungry whether it was to their
advantage or not.
[Illustration: THE REAPING HOOK WAS THE FIRST IMPLEMENT USED FOR
HARVESTING GRAIN OF WHICH WE HAVE RECORD