74 ADVENTURES IN IDEALISM 



mit of your ambition! To you, Sir, we pledge our 

 faith and of our confidence allow not yourself to 

 doubt! 



"Agriculture, farming, country-life, peace of mind 

 and soul is the clamor of our brethren, bitterly groan- 

 ing under their yoke of semi-slavery. In farming they 

 have hoped to find reconciliation with their sufferings 

 as exiles, but in spite of their numerous attempts and 

 earnest efforts, they have failed again and again. Little 

 did they know the cause of the failure or of the meth- 

 ods employed or knowledge required at the present 

 day for successful farming. With lack of knowledge 

 came lack of confidence and finally discouragement. 

 With your keen insight into life, your love for your 

 brethren and phenomenal foresight, you have con- 

 ceived an idea that but few could have done the 

 instilling into the young generation love for what is 

 noble and good, for farming life in its most attractive 

 aspect. To establish a thorough acquaintance with 

 nature was your bright thought. To train the bud, 

 while yet in its early stage of development, to assume 

 the gorgeous perfection with which nature alone can 

 bountifully endow it. With clear perception you have 

 resolved to lay the foundation of agricultural life 

 among the Jews. The vigorous, healthy and enter- 

 prising young men of the race are flexible, impression- 

 able, delighting in beauty and appreciating the won- 

 ders of nature. They will bear witness to the wisdom 

 of the grand structure of which you have laid the foun- 

 dation. In them you are laying up a store of fame 

 for yourself that in time shall know no bound. May 

 the Almighty grant that you may live to see the result 

 of your beautiful teachings! May your days be pro- 

 longed to enjoy the credit reflected upon you by your 



