l6o FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 



As I stand upon the hillside and look 

 across the green valley, where, notwith 

 standing another drought, the crops are mak 

 ing good headway ; when I remember that 

 whereas once great famines were a common 

 occurrence, now, thanks in good part to the 

 practice of forestalling, there is ever food 

 enough for all those that live upon the earth, 

 though here and there there are some who 

 fail to obtain it ; that, thanks to wonderful 

 labour-saving appliances, most articles of 

 necessity have been greatly reduced in cost, 

 and a vast number of things which were 

 once luxuries unattainable by any, are now 

 easily accessible by all but the very poor 

 est ; that spite of &quot;bad business&quot; and 

 &quot; hard times &quot; there is enough and to spare 

 for all, while there are those always ready 

 to come to the assistance of the few whom 

 temporary conditions have thrown out of 

 their ordinary relation to the industries of 

 the community, when I remember these 

 things, and that we are heirs of all the ages, 



