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tent of resources which have always distinguished the 

 people of the British Islands, and made them excel in 

 arms, commerce, letters, and philosophy, apply with 

 the happiest effect to the improvement of the cultiva- 

 tion of the earth. Nothing is impossible to labour, 

 aided by ingenuity. The true objects of the agricul- 

 turist are likewise those of the patriot. Men value 

 most what they have gained with effort; a just confi- 

 dence in their own powers results from success; they 

 love their country better, because they have seen it im- 

 proved by their own talents and industry; and they 

 identify with their interests, the existence of those in- 

 stitutions which have afforded them security, inde- 

 pendence, and the multiplied enjoyments of civilized 

 life. 



