viii THE LAND 



made of real character. The oak and iron of Eng- 

 land is in him. He is the man. 



I would like to see him planted firmly in every 

 English village and hamlet. The State does wisely 

 if it encourages him carefully. But let there be no 

 mistake about this. The small man in land, if he 

 is to be the real man and the useful man and the 

 enduring, must in the main make himself. 



