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Then a new spirit will enthrall their beings. 

 The desire to perpetuate their kind, deep seated 

 and as old as life itself upon the earth, will un- 

 fold within them. The joys of mating will be 

 theirs. Soon a new home will be constructed, 

 a new family of cuckoos, to do and be what 

 they have done and been, will be reared and 

 thus the little cycle of a year's existence will 

 be rounded out. Many times may it be multi- 

 plied. That many a mulberry may stain their 

 gullets a deeper hue and many a caterpillar 

 tickle the lining of their stomachs, is the wish 

 of the first hob-goblin whom they saw, the first 

 supposed enemy at whom they hissed. 



In the great cities and larger towns of this 

 country to-day nine men out of ten sell their 

 most precious possession, time, the only thing 

 which they can really call their own; sell not 

 only their hours but also their stored muscular 

 and nervous energy. They are therefore slaves 

 for something to eat, drink and wear. In the 

 country man is more often his own master. If 

 he owns a farm, no matter if only a few acres, 

 his days are his to do with as he will. No man 

 can say unto him: "You must be here at seven 

 o'clock, punch a bell or turn a key that I may 

 know that you are not one minute late. Here 

 with a short interval for lunch you must stay 

 till five o'clock. Here you must give unto me 

 your utmost energy that I may prosper from it. 



