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it is not the serfage of the East that knocks at the door of the 

 noble born ; it is not the cringing of political aspirants who sell 

 their manhood for place and live in fear of their own shadow's 

 — far less than shadows are they ; it is not the subserviency of 

 ■wealth to power, which debases itself that it may retain and 

 gather more w^ealth ; it is not the submission of professional 

 life, that asks where one shall go to church to win favor and 

 patronage, or of trade that whines behind a counter measuring 

 ribbon, with simpering words and less than womanly weak- 

 ness — no ! no ! it is none of these, but that strong, muscular, 

 healthy, joyous manhood which comes alone from God to un- 

 contaminated man in his original employment ; that conscious 

 dignity of one's own selfhood, that all men love, and which is 

 more valuable than life itself. Young men of the farms, 

 maidens of the country, children of the plough, everywhere 

 can ye be, and everywhere should ye be yourselves ; free to 

 think, to will, to do. This is your glorious privilege ; maintain 

 it, and then you will continue, as you have ever been, the hope 

 and stay of the world. But when the yeomanry of a country 

 become servile and corrupt, there is no longer hope of that 

 land. Cling, therefore, to your farms, and gird yourselves for 

 manly labor, and God be with and bless the American farmer. 



