‘I knew him well,’ said Wentworth, ‘and a better man never lived. He was right in the main, though his enthusiasm led him astray, and no wonder. Let me, in the language of Goldsmith remind you— ‘“How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.”’ Buxton laughed when Wentworth had finished his rhapsody. Buxton was given to laughter. He was not a man who took life very seriously. Perhaps he would have done better had he done so as far as his own personal interests were concerned. As Swift said of Arbuthnot, it might be said of him, that he knew his art better than his trade. ‘Wait a moment,’ he said, as he rushed out of the room to his own den, whence he returned with an old faded handbill, which was as follows: SPENCE’S PLAN for Parochial Partnerships in the Land is the only effectual remedy for the distress and oppressions of the people. The Landholders are not Proprietors-in-Chief; they are but the _Stewards_ of the Public, for the LAND IS THE PEOPLE’S FARM. The expenses of the Government do not cause the misery that surrounds us, but the enormous exactings of those _Unjust Stewards_, Landed monopoly is indeed equally contrary to the benign Spirit of Christianity, and destructive of the Independence and Morality of Mankind. ‘The Profit of the Earth is for all.’ Yet how deplorably destitute are the great mass of the People! Nor is it possible for their situations to be radically amended but by the establishment of a system founded on the immutable bases of Nature and Justice. Experience demonstrates its necessity, and the Rights of Manhood require it for their presentation. To obtain this important object by extending the knowledge of the above system, the Society of Spencean Philanthropies has been established. Further information of its principles may be obtained by attending any of its sectional meetings, where subjects are discussed calculated to enlighten the human understanding; and where, also, the regulations of the society may be procured, containing a complete development of the Spencean system. Every individual is admitted free of expense who will conduct himself with decorum. ‘I never heard of Spence,’ said Wentworth.