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that I ever possessed, was that relating to the 

 Corn-plant; but, it was a sort of knowledge 

 which, to make the communication of it effectual, 

 required example as well as precept, and an ex- 

 ample, too, upon an unequivocal scale. A field, 

 and a large field, was necessary. I could get no 

 such field without taking a farm \ a farm at this 

 time must be a terrible loss to me, if at any thing 

 of distance from London ; and on the spur of 

 the moment, where was I to get a farm near 

 London ? This farm was to be let \ I took it ; 

 and, thus, the outlay, the risk (if risk there were), 

 and whatever there has been of care and labour, 

 and expending of time, have been encountered 

 from a sense of duty towards the numerous and 

 now unhappy class that perform the labours of 

 the country ; and, I repeat, that it was my duty 

 to do this, if I had the power to do it without 

 injury to my family, 



199. And, here let me me oifer an observation 

 or two respecting the extent to which a man 

 ought, in such a case, to be restrained by these 

 considerations of family. It is every man*s 

 duty to provide, if he be able, a sufficiency for 

 his family ; and that sufficiency is not to be in- 

 terpreted to mean merely food, raiment, and 

 lodging sufficient to feed and to cover and shelter 

 the parties ; but, every other thing, in addition, 

 suitable and in due proportion to that state of 



