Times are not propitious for increasing the productivity of our land, excepting by the slow processes of education--which work particularly slowly in agriculture. Nor are they immediately propitious for raising the workers' standard of life, though we should never leave go of this as an essential. But many of us can, if we will, help a good man to start on the land, or help a man who has made good on the land to do better. Many of us can help to develop real independence of life in the villages and, through co-operation, those kindly virtues of friendliness and helpfulness to others and willingness to work for common ends which are sometimes not so common as they might be. And those who _can_ do any of these things _should_, without waiting for legislation--for the legislator is a bruised reed. [Transcriber's Notes: The following apparent printer's errors have been corrected for this electronic edition: misconduct necessitates military operations; was "operations:" and if he tries to make his responsibility real was "responsiblity" things slide--the main virtue of Cabinet was "virture" are two which are almost invariably present towards was "invarably"]