<Tbe Epic of tbe Cornfield 



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soul, in an orderly society existing for the highest 

 ends. 



That is the epic of the cornfield ! That is the 

 wonderful tale, so full of the deepest and most pas- 

 sionate life of man upon the earth. What wonder 

 that these multitudinous stalks move in their places 

 like the surging of the human beings who have 

 shared in this great upward movement of progress to 

 civilisation ! What wonder that the voices which 

 they utter fall upon the ear like the marching-song 

 of a world advancing to its proud triumphs in the in- 

 dustries of life, its arts, its statecraft, its religion ! 

 The waving cornfield is vital and vocal with the 

 grand life-story of man. 



