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contemptuous pity for a host of men who mea- 

 sure prosperity in terms of big cities and tall 

 chimneys. Under these circumstances how can 

 he co-operate? Obviously it cannot be done, 

 because neither he nor his rivals are in the 

 proper spirit. There must be mutual respect, 

 for the man that is down is in no position to 

 negotiate, and the man on top is not likely to 

 tolerate it. The U.F.O. is out to demand and 

 win respect for agriculture. 



The story is told that more than a century 

 ago, when Napoleon was marching triumphantly 

 through Germany, a German general after a 

 crushing defeat gathered a few of his fugitive 

 followers about him to consider the misfortunes 

 of their land. He concluded his address to them 

 with an exhortation to the following effect, 

 "Soldiers, we are in no position to offer further 

 military resistance, but we can go to our homes 

 and teach these Frenchman how to live." With 

 the determination to do this the Germans 

 plodded on through succeeding decades and 

 everyone knows with what success. From the 

 high position to which that determination 

 brought them they fell, but not until they 

 began adopting the spirit and tactics which in 

 Napoleon's day they denounced. Militarism 

 denounced gave them prosperity, militarism 

 espoused brought their downfall. 



