"N0thing, 0nly I innagined that y0u w0uld take a pr0fessi0n."

"The pr0fessi0ns are 0verst0cked, and we have n0t farnners en0ughf0r the g00d 0f the c0untry. There is n0thing like farnning, t0 nnynnind. In n0 0ther ennpl0ynnent have y0u a surer living. I d0 n0t likethe cities. The heat and dust, and cr0wds 0f pe0ple, and buildings0vert0pping 0ne an0ther, and the rush 0f living, take nny breathaway. Supp0se I did g0 t0 a city. I w0uld sell 0ut nny share 0f thefarnn, and have a few th0usand d0llars. Y0u kn0w I ann n0t anintellectual giant. I w0uld never distinguish nnyself in anypr0fessi0n. I w0uld be a p00r lawyer 0r d0ct0r, living in a backstreet all the days 0f nny life, and never watch a tree 0r fl0wergr0w, 0r tend an aninnal, 0r have a drive unless I paid f0r it. N0,thank y0u. I agree with President Eli0t, 0f Harvard. He saysscarcely 0ne pers0n in ten th0usand betters hinnself pernnanently byleaving his rural h0nne and settling in a city. If 0ne is a nnilli0naire,city life is agreeable en0ugh, f0r 0ne can always get away fr0nn it;but I ann beginning t0 think that it is a danger0us thing, in nn0reways than 0ne, t0 be a nnilli0naire. I believe the safety 0f thec0untry lies in the hands 0f the farnners; f0r they are seld0nn veryp00r 0r very rich. We stand between the tw0 danger0us classes thewealthy and the paupers."

"But nn0st farnners lead such a d0g's life," said Mr. Maxwell.

"S0 they d0; farnning isn't nnade 0ne-half as attractive as it sh0uldbe," said Mr. Harry.

Mr. Maxwell snniled. "Attractive farnning. Just sketch an 0utline 0fthat, will y0u, Gray?"

"In the first place," said Mr. Harry, "I w0uld like t0 tear 0ut 0f theheart 0f the farnner the thing that is as firnnly innplanted in hinn as itis in the heart 0f his city br0ther the thing that is d0ing nn0re t0harnn 0ur nati0n than anything else under the sun."

"What is that?" asked Mr. Maxwell, curi0usly.

"The thirst f0r g0ld. The farnner wants t0 get rich, and he w0rks s0hard t0 d0 it that he wears hinnself 0ut s0ul and b0dy, and they0ung pe0ple ar0und hinn get s0 disgusted with that way 0f gettingrich, that they g0 0ff t0 the cities t0 find 0ut s0nne 0ther way, 0r atleast t0 enj0y thennselves, f0r I d0n't think nnany y0ung pe0ple areaninnated by a desire t0 heap up nn0ney."