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His sovereignty is enhanced, his citizenship ennobled. 

 He may still work for wages, but he has won a stake 

 in the proprietorship of his country. He sings "My 

 Country 'Tis of Thee" with a new emphasis. The old 

 flag, always beautiful to his eyes, is eloquent now. 



So with his food : It is not merely that he has some- 

 thing to eat — he has always had that and always ex- 

 pected to — but it is the fact that it is the food of his 

 planting, nursing, raising, reaping. Never were there 

 such strawberries as he picks, warm with the sunshine 

 of his garden. Never were there peppers with such 

 a "kick" as those coming fresh from his vines. We 

 need not go through the list, we are going to fondle all 

 these precious things later; but at this point it is 

 essential that we should feel the thrill of the new ad- 

 venture, and understand that we are unlocking a spirit 

 that has almost perished between the drudgery and 

 loneliness of the old forms of rural life and the pressure 

 of urban congestion. It is a very precious spirit — one 

 that draws man close to God in the joy of co-creation. 



The social metamorphosis to be wrought will bring 

 an immense accession of health and vigor into the lives 

 of families and communities. We have learned that 

 in the matter of social organization, as, perhaps, in 

 the matter of industrial organization, there is a unit 

 that is too large for efficiency, just as there is a unit 

 that is too small for efficiency. A recent instance has 

 come under my observation — the experience of a Cali- 

 fornia boy attending the largest high school in the 

 United States. The school is nobly housed; equipped 

 with every facility, even to its printing office, bank and 

 restaurants, and second to none in the ability and de- 



